FujiFilm S3100 User Manual

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Getting Ready

Using

the Camera

Advanced

Features

Software

Installation

Settings

Viewing Images

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This manual will show you how to use your
FUJIFILM DIGITAL CAMERA FinePix S3100/FinePix S3500 correctly.
Please follow the instructions carefully.

OWNER’S MANUAL

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Warning

IMPORTANT

Be sure to read this page before using the Software.

For customers in the U.S.A.

Tested To Comply

With FCC Standards

FOR HOME OR OFFICE USE

FCC Statement

This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation
is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may
not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must
accept any interference received, including interference that
may cause undesired operation.

CAUTION

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the
limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the
FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable
protection against harmful interference in a residential
installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate
radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in
accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful
interference to radio communications. However, there is no
guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular
installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference
to radio or television reception, which can be determined by
turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try

To prevent fire or shock hazard, do not expose the unit to rain or moisture.

to correct the interference by one or more of the following
measures:
— Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
— Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
— Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from

that to which the receiver is connected.

— Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for

help.
You are cautioned that any changes or modifications not
expressly approved in this manual could void the user’s authority
to operate the equipment.

Notes on the Grant:

To comply with Part 15 of the FCC rules, this product must be
used with a Fujifilm-specified ferrite-core Video cable, USB cable
and DC supply cord.

For customers in Canada
CAUTION

This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003.

Please read the Safety Notes (➡P.96) and make sure
you understand them before using the camera.

NOTICE

BEFORE OPENING THE PACKAGE OF CD-ROM
PROVIDED BY FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD., PLEASE
READ THIS END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT
CAREFULLY. ONLY IF YOU AGREE WITH THIS
AGREEMENT, SHOULD YOU USE THE SOFTWARE
RECORDED ON THE CD-ROM. BY OPENING THE
PACKAGE, YOU ACCEPT AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY
THIS AGREEMENT.

End User License Agreement

T

his End User License Agreement (“Agreement”) is an agreement between
Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. (“FUJIFILM”) and you, which sets forth the terms
and conditions of the license granted for you to use the software provided by
FUJIFILM.
The CD-ROM contains third party software. In case a separate agreement is
provided by a third party supplier for its software, the provisions of such
separate agreement shall apply to the use of such third party software,
prevailing over those of this Agreement.

1. Definitions.

(a) “Media” means the CD-ROM titled “Software for FinePix AX” which is

provided to you together with this Agreement.
(b) “Software” means the software which is recorded on Media.
(c) “Documentation” means the operation manuals of Software and other

related written materials which are provided to you together with

Media.
(d) “Product” means Media (including Software) and Documentation

collectively.

2. Use of Software.

FUJIFILM grants to you a nontransferable, nonexclusive license:
(a)

to install one copy of Software onto one computer in binary machine

executable form;
(b) to use Software on the computer onto which Software is installed;

and
(c) to make one backup copy of Software.

3. Restrictions.

3.1 You shall not distribute, rent, lease or otherwise transfer all or any

part of Software, Media or Documentation to any third party without
FUJIFILM’s prior written consent. You also shall not sublicense,
assign or otherwise transfer all or any part of the rights granted to
you by FUJIFILM under this Agreement without FUJIFILM’s prior
written consent.

3.2 Except as expressly granted by FUJIFILM hereunder, you shall not

copy or reproduce all or any part of Software or Documentation.

3.3 You shall not modify, adapt or translate Software or Documentation.

You also shall not alter or remove copyright and other proprietary
notices that appear on or in Software or Documentation.

3.4 You shall not, or shall not have any third party, reverse-engineer,

decompile, or disassemble Software.

4. Ownership.

All copyrights and other proprietary rights to Software and
Documentation are owned and retained by FUJIFILM or the third party
suppliers as indicated on or in Software or Documentation. Nothing
contained herein shall be construed, expressly or implicitly, as
transferring or granting any right, license, or title to you other than those
explicitly granted under this Agreement.

5. Limited Warranty.

FUJIFILM warrants to you that Media is free from any defect in material
and workmanship under normal use for ninety (90) days from the date of
your receipt of Media. Should Media not meet the foregoing warranty,
FUJIFILM shall replace such defective Media with other Media bearing
no defect. FUJIFILM’s entire liability and your sole and exclusive remedy
with regard to any defect in Media shall be expressly limited to such
FUJIFILM’s replacement of Media as provided herein

6. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY.

EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 5 HEREIN, FUJIFILM
PROVIDES PRODUCT “AS IS” AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF
ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. FUJIFILM SHALL MAKE NO
WARRANTY, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO ANY
OTHER MATTERS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO NON­INFRINGEMENT OF ANY COPYRIGHT, PATENT, TRADE SECRET,
OR ANY OTHER PROPRIETARY RIGHTS OF ANY THIRD PARTY,
MARCHANTABILITY, OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR
PURPOSE.

7. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY.

IN NO EVENT SHALL FUJIFILM HAVE ANY LIABILITY FOR ANY
GENERAL, SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL,
INCIDENTAL, OR OTHER DAMAGES (INCLUDING DAMAGES FOR
LOSS OF PROFITS OR LOST SAVINGS) INCURRED FROM THE USE
OF OR INABILITY TO USE PRODUCT EVEN IF FUJIFILM HAS BEEN
ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

8. No export.

You acknowledge that neither Software nor any part thereof, will be
transferred, or exported to any country or used in any manner in
violation of any export control laws and regulations to which Software is
subject.

9. Termination.

In case you breach any of the terms and conditions hereof, FUJIFILM
may immediately terminate this Agreement without any notice.

10. Term.

This Agreement is effective until the date when you cease to use
Software, unless earlier terminated in accordance with Section 9
hereof.

11. Obligation upon termination.

Upon termination or expiration of this Agreement, you shall, at
your own responsibility and expense, delete or destroy
immediately all Software (including its copies), Media and
Documentation.

12. Governing Law.

This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with laws of Japan.

For customers of FinePix S3100

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EC Declaration of Conformity

We
Name

:

Fuji Photo Film (Europe)G.m.b.H.

Address

:

Heesenstrasse 31
40549 Dusseldorf, Germany

declare that the product
Product Name: FUJIFILM DIGITAL CAMERA FinePix S3100 / FinePix S3500
Manufacture’s Name: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
Manufacture’s Address: 26-30, Nishiazabu 2-chome, Minato-ku,

Tokyo 106-8620, Japan

is in conformity with the following Standards

Safety:EN60065
EMC:EN55022:1998 Classe B

EN55024:1998
EN61000-3-2:1995 +A1:1998 +A2:1998

following the provision of the EMC Directive (89/336/EEC, 92/31/EEC and
93/68/EEC)and Low Voltage Directive (73/23/EEC).

Dusseldorf, Germany July 1, 2004

Place Date Signature/Managing Director

Bij dit produkt zijn batterijen geleverd. Wanneer deze leeg zijn, moet u
ze niet weggooien maar inleveren als KCA

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Contents

Warning

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IMPORTANT

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EC Declaration of Conformity

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Preface

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Accessories included

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Camera parts and features

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Example of screen text display

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■ Photography mode

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■ Playback mode

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ATTACH THE LENS CAP / STRAP / ADAPTER RING

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Attaching the lens cap

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LOADING THE BATTERIES

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Compatible batteries

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INSERTING THE MEDIA

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TURNING ON AND OFF / SETTING THE DATE AND TIME

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CORRECTING THE DATE AND TIME / CHANGING THE DATE ORDER

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Correcting the date and time

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Changing the date order

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SELECTING THE LANGUAGE

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CHECKING THE BATTERY CHARGE

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1 Getting Ready

BASIC OPERATION GUIDE

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TAKING PICTURES (B AUTO MODE)

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USING LCD MONITOR

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INDICATOR LAMP DISPLAY

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NUMBER OF AVAILABLE FRAMES

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■ Standard number of frames per xD-Picture Card

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USING AF/AE LOCK

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USING THE ZOOM (OPTICAL ZOOM/DIGITAL ZOOM)

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BEST FRAMING

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VIEWING THE IMAGES (

w PLAYBACK)

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Single-frame playback/Selecting images/Multi-frame playback

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Playback zoom

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ERASING IMAGES (

o ERASE FRAME)

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PLAYBACK MODE

PHOTOGRAPHY MODE

2 Using the Camera

B STILL PHOTOGRAPHY

TAKING PICTURES — SELECTING THE CAMERA SETTINGS

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PHOTOGRAPHY MODE SELECTOR

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B AUTO / m SCENE POSITION

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s MANUAL

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e MACRO (CLOSE-UP)

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d FLASH

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x Auto flash mode

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b Red-eye reduction

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d Forced flash

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c Slow synchro

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n Red-eye reduction + Slow synchro

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INCREASING MONITOR BRIGHTNESS

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PHOTOGRAPHY MENU OPERATION

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PHOTOGRAPHY MENU

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y QUALITY SETTINGS IN PHOTOGRAPHY MODE

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* SELF-TIMER PHOTOGRAPHY

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√ SCENE POSITION

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z FLASH BRIGHTNESS ADJUSTMENT

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D EV (EXPOSURE COMPENSATION)

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PHOTOGRAPHY MENU

PHOTOGRAPHY FUNCTIONS

3 Advanced Features

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A WHITE BALANCE (SELECTING THE LIGHT SOURCE)

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‹ APERTURE-PRIORITY

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G SHARPNESS

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B PLAYBACK

o ERASING SINGLE / ALL FRAMES

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u DPOF SET FRAME

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HOW TO SPECIFY PRINT OPTIONS (DPOF)

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HOW TO SPECIFY PRINT OPTIONS (FRAME SET/RESET)

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u DPOF SET FRAME (RESET ALL)

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i PROTECTING IMAGES: FRAME / SET ALL / RESET ALL

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g AUTOMATIC PLAYBACK

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Y TRIMMING

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B MOVIE

r RECORDING MOVIES

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y QUALITY SETTINGS IN MOVIE MODE

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PLAYING BACK MOVIES

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■ Playing back movies

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PLAYBACK MODE

MOVIE MODE

PLAYBACK MENU

fi ADJUSTING EVF / LCD (THE MONITOR BRIGHTNESS)

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SET-UP

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F USING THE SET-UP SCREEN

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■ SET-UP menu options

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POWER SAVE SETTING

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FORMAT

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WORLD TIME (TIME DIFFERENCE)

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FRAME NO.

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Settings

5.1 INSTALLATION ON A Windows PC

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5.2 INSTALLATION ON A Mac OS 9.2

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5.3 INSTALLATION ON A Mac OS X

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5 Software Installation

6.1 CAMERA CONNECTION

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6.1.1 Using the AC Power adapter (sold separately)

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6.1.2 Connecting to a TV

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6.2 CONNECTING THE CAMERA DIRECTLY TO THE PRINTER — PictBridge FUNCTION

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6.2.1 Specifying images for printing on the camera

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6.2.2 Specifying images for printing without using DPOF single-frame printing

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6.3 CONNECTING TO A PC

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6.3.1 Connecting to a PC

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6.3.2 Disconnecting the camera

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6.4 USING FinePixViewer

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6.4.1 Mastering FinePixViewer

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6.4.2 Uninstalling the software

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6 Viewing Images

System Expansion Options

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Accessories Guide

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Conversion Lens Guide (sold separately)

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Using Your Camera Correctly

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Power Supply and Batteries

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Applicable Batteries

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Notes on the Batteries

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Using the AA-size Ni-MH batteriescorrectly

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AC Power Adapter

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Discharging rechargeable Ni-MH batteries

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Notes on the xD-Picture Card™

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Warning Displays

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Troubleshooting

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Specifications

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Explanation of Terms

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Safety Notes

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Preface

■ Test Shots Prior to Photography

For important photographs (such as weddings and
overseas trips), always take a test shot and view the
image to make sure that the camera is working
normally.
h Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. cannot accept liability for

any incidental losses (such as the costs of
photography or the loss of income from
photography) incurred as a result of faults with this
product.

■ Notes on Copyright

Images recorded using your digital camera system
cannot be used in ways that infringe copyright laws
without the consent of the owner, unless intended only
for personal use. Note that some restrictions apply to
the photographing of stage performances,
entertainments and exhibits, even when intended
purely for personal use. Users are also asked to note
that the transfer of xD-Picture Card containing
images or data protected under copyright laws is only
permissible within the restrictions imposed by those
copyright laws.

■ Liquid Crystal

If the LCD monitor and the viewfinder (EVF) are
damaged, take particular care with the liquid crystal in
the monitor and the viewfinder (EVF). If any of the
following situations arise, take the urgent action
indicated.
h If liquid crystal comes in contact with your skin

Wipe the area with a cloth and then wash thoroughly
with soap and running water.

h If liquid crystal gets into your eye

Flush the affected eye with clean water for at least
15 minutes and then seek medical assistance.

h If liquid crystal is swallowed

Flush your mouth thoroughly with water. Drink large
quantities of water and induce vomiting. Then seek
medical assistance.

■ Notes on Electrical Interference

If the camera is to be used in hospitals or aircrafts,
please note that this camera may cause interference
to other equipment in the hospital or aircraft. For
details, please check with the applicable regulations.

■ Handling Your Digital Camera

This camera contains precision electronic
components. To ensure that images are recorded
correctly, do not subject the camera to impact or
shock while an image is being recorded.

■ Trademark Information

h and xD-Picture Card™ are trademarks of

Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.

h IBM PC/AT is a registered trademark of International

Business Machines Corp. of the U.S.A.

h Macintosh, Power Macintosh, iMac, PowerBook, iBook

and Mac OS are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc.,
registered in the U.S. and other countries.

h Adobe Acrobat

®

Reader®is a trademark of Adobe

Systems Incorporated of the U.S.

h Microsoft, Windows, and the Windows logo are

trademarks, or registered trademarks of Microsoft
Corporation in the United States and/or other
countries. Windows is an abbreviated term referring
to the Microsoft

®

Windows®Operating System.

✽ The “Designed for Microsoft

®

Windows®XP” logo

refers to the camera and the driver only.

h Other company or product names are trademarks or

registered trademarks of the respective companies.

■ Explanation of Color Television System

NTSC: National Television System Committee, color

television telecasting specifications adopted
mainly in the U.S.A., Canada and Japan.

PAL: Phase Alternation by Line, a color television

system adopted mainly by European countries
and China.

■ Exif Print (Exif ver. 2.2)

Exif Print Format is a newly revised digital camera file
format that contains a variety of shooting information
for optimal printing.

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Accessories included

h 16MB, xD-Picture Card™ (1)

Included with: Anti-static case (1)

h Shoulder strap

h Lens cap (1)

h Adapter ring (1)

h LR6 AA-size alkaline batteries (4)

h Video cable (1)

(plug (2.5 mm dia. ) to pin-plug)
Approx. 1.5 m

h USB cable for FinePix S3100 /

FinePix S3500 (1)

h CD-ROM: Software for FinePix AX (1)

h Owner’s Manual (this manual) (1)

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Camera parts and features

b/ (Wide zoom) button (P.19,25)

a/ (Tele zoom) button (P.19,25)

DISP (Display) / BACK

button

(P.18)

Indicator lamp (P.23)

Viewfinder (EVF) (P.20)

EVF / LCD
(monitor selector)
button

(P.20)

LCD monitor (P.20)

Tripod mount

MENU/OK button (P.19)

Low Light Viewfinder

button

(P.36)

Strap mount

Battery cover

(P.11) 

d/ Macro button (P.32)

c/ Flash button (P.33)

✽ Refer to the pages in parentheses for information on

using the camera parts or features.

【Power switch】

Photography mode (P.20)

Playback mode (P.26)

Power-OFF (P.13)

Shutter button

Self-timer lamp

(P.39)

Flash (P.33)

Flash control sensor

Lens

【Mode dial】

Manual (P.31)

Scene position (P.30)

AUTO (P.30)

Movie (P.54)

Flash pop-up button

xD-Picture Card slot

(USB)socket (P.77)

DC IN 5V (power input)

VIDEO OUT (Video output) socket

(P.33)

Strap mount

Slot cover (P.12)

(P.12)

socket (P.72)

(P.72)

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Example of screen text display

■ Photography mode

ＵＰ

Battery level warning

Zoom bar

Protection

DPOF

Playback mode

Date

Playback frame number

１００−０００１１００−０００１

 １／ １／２００ １／２００４  １２：００ ＡＭ  １２：００ ＡＭ

   １６Ｎ

１／

 １／２００４

Time

ＵＰＵＰ

Number of available frames

Camera shake warning

AF warning

Battery level warning

Quality mode

AF frame

Date

   １６   １６Ｎ

１／ １／２００ １／２００４

Macro (close-up)

White balance

EV (Exposure compensation)

Flash

Photography mode

Zoom bar

Increasing monitor brightness

Self-Timer

■ Playback mode

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1

Pull the lens cap cord through a strap mount.

●

!

Attach the lens cap cord to avoid losing the lens cap.

●

!

Failure to attach the strap correctly can result in the camera
being dropped.

3

Screw the adapter ring in the direction of the arrow
to mount it on the camera.

4

To prevent the lens cap from appearing in the shot
when you take pictures, attach the lens cap to the
strap.

Attach the lens cap to the lens by pressing in on
each side of the cap.

2

Attach the strap to the strap mounts on the camera.
Once you have attached both ends of the strap,
check carefully to make sure that the strap is firmly
secured.

Attaching the lens cap

01

02

ATTACHING THE LENS CAP / STRAP /
ADAPTER RING

1 Getting Ready

Mounting the adapter ring on the camera not only
blocks unwanted external light but also protects the
lens and allows the optional conversion lens to be
attached.
Mount the adapter ring on the camera at all times.

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Getting Ready

1

LOADING THE BATTERIES

1Load the batteries correctly as indicated by the

polarity icons.

2Press on the battery cover to push the batteries

down.

3Slide the cover closed.

1

2

Check that the camera is turned off (indicator lamp
is off) before opening the battery cover.

●

!

If opening the battery cover while the camera is still on, the
camera will turn off.

●

!

Do not apply force to the battery cover.

Do not open the battery cover while the camera is
on. This could damage the xD-Picture Card or ruin
the image files on the xD-Picture Card.

01 02 03

Compatible batteries

h AA-size alkaline batteries (4), or AA-size Ni-MH batteries (sold separately) (4).

●

!

Please use the same brand and grade AA-size alkaline batteries as those supplied with the camera.

◆

How to use the batteries

◆

h Never use the following types of batteries, as this could cause serious problems

such as battery fluid leakage or overheating:

1. Batteries with split or peeling outer casings

2. Combinations of different types of batteries or new and used batteries together

h Do not use manganese or Ni-Cd batteries.
h Soil, such as fingermarks on the poles of the batteries can shorten time for which the batteries can be

used.

h

The time for which AA-size alkaline batteries (referred to hereafter simply as alkaline batteries) can be used
varies depending on the brand. Some alkaline batteries may stop providing power more quickly than those
supplied with the camera. Note also that due to their nature, the time for which alkaline batteries can be
used decreases in cold conditions (0°C to +10°C/+32°F to +50°F). The use of AA-size Ni-MH batteries is
better for this reason.

h Use Fujifilm Battery charger (sold separately) to charge AA-size Ni-MH batteries.
h See P.85, 86 for other notes on using batteries.
h When first purchased or if left unused for a long period, the amount of time which AA-size Ni-MH

batteries can be used may be short. See P.86 more information for recovering performance of Ni­MH batteries.

Outer casing

12

1

Check that the camera is turned off (indicator lamp
is off) before opening the slot cover.

●

!

If the xD-Picture Card is oriented incorrectly, it will not go all
the way into the slot. Do not apply force when inserting an
xD-Picture Card.

●

!

If opening the slot cover while the camera is still on, the
camera will turn off.

2

Align the indicators on the xD-Picture Card slot and
xD-Picture Card and then push the card firmly all
the way into the slot.

3

Close the slot cover.

◆

How to replace the xD-Picture Card

◆

Push the xD-Picture Card into the slot and then
slowly remove your finger. The lock is released and
the xD-Picture Card is pushed out.

INSERTING THE MEDIA

13

Getting Ready

1

ＤＡＴＥ／ＴＩＭＥＤＡＴＥ／ＴＩＭＥ

２００４２００４   １   １    ．  ．  １ １ 

１２ ： ００  ＡＭ１２ ： ００  ＡＭ

ＹＹＹＹＹＹＹ．ＭＭ．ＤＤＤＤ

ＳＥＴＳＥＴ

ＣＡＮＣＥＬＣＡＮＣＥＬ

TURNING ON AND OFF / SETTING THE DATE AND TIME

2

When first using the camera, the date and time are
cleared. Press the “MENU/OK” button to set the
date and time.

●

!

If the message (see figure at left) does not appear, refer to
“Correcting the date and time” (➡P.14) and check and correct
the date and time settings.

●

!

The message also appears when the batteries have been
removed and the camera has been left for a long period.

●

!

To set the date and time later, press the “DISP/BACK” button.

●

!

If you do not set the date and time, this message will appear
each time you turn the camera on.

3

4

1Press “d” or “c” to select Year, Month, Day,

Hour or Minute.

2Press “a” or “b” to correct the setting.

Once you have set the date and time, press the
“MENU/OK” button. Pressing the “MENU/OK”
button changes the camera to Photography or
Playback mode.

●

!

Holding down “a” or “b” changes the numbers continuously.

●

!

When the time displayed passes “12:00”, the AM/PM setting
changes.

●

!

At the time of purchase and after leaving the camera for a
long period with the batteries removed, settings such as the
date and time are cleared. Once the AC power adapter has
been connected or the batteries have been installed for 2
hours or more, the camera settings will be retained for
roughly 6 hours even if both sources of power are removed.

01 02

1

To turn the camera on, set the Power switch to “q”
or “

w”. When turning the camera on, the indicator

lamp lights green.
To turn the camera off, set the Power switch to
“OFF”.

ＤＡＴＥ／ＴＩＭＥＤＡＴＥ／ＴＩＭＥ
 ＮＯＴ ＳＥＴＮＯＴ ＳＥＴ

ＳＥＴＳＥＴ

ＮＯＮＯ

２００４ ． ２００４ ． ７  ．   ． ２３２３

１２ ： ００  ＡＭ１２ ： ００  ＡＭ

ＹＹＹＹＹＹＹ．Ｙ．ＭＭ．ＤＤＤＤ

ＤＡＴＥ／ＴＩＭＥＤＡＴＥ／ＴＩＭＥ

ＳＥＴＳＥＴ

ＣＡＮＣＥＬＣＡＮＣＥＬ

The lens moves when the camera is in “q ”
Photography mode. Take care not to obstruct the
lens.
Obstructing the lens will cause damage and
“

8 ” or “9 ” will appear.

Take care also not to get fingerprints on the
camera lens as this will result in impaired image
quality in your shots.

14

CORRECTING THE DATE AND TIME / CHANGING THE DATE ORDER

Correcting the date and time

Changing the date order

1

ＳＥＴ−ＵＰＳＥＴ−ＵＰ

ＯＰＴＩＯＮＯＰＴＩＯＮ

ＥＶＦ／ＬＣＤＥＶＦ／ＬＣＤ

2

1Press “d” or “c” to move to option 2 and then

press “a” or “b” to select “DATE/TIME”.

2Press “c”.

1Press “d” or “c” to select the date order.
2Press “a” or “b” to set the order. Refer to the

table below for details of the settings.

3Always press the “MENU/OK” button after

the settings are completed.

ＴＩＭＥ ＤＩＦＦＥＲＥＮＴＩＭＥ ＤＩＦＦＥＲＥＮＣＥＣＥ

：ＳＥＴ：ＳＥＴ
：ＣＯＮＴ．：ＣＯＮＴ．
：

ＳＥＴ−ＵＰ

ＳＥＴ−ＵＰ

ＳＥＴＳＥＴ

ＤＡＴＥ／ＴＩＭＥＤＡＴＥ／ＴＩＭＥ

ＦＲＡＭＥ ＮＯ．ＦＲＡＭＥ ＮＯ．
ＵＳＢ ＭＯＤＥＵＳＢ ＭＯＤＥ

ＳＥＴＳＥＴ

ＣＡＮＣＥＬＣＡＮＣＥＬ

１2３

ＤＡＴＥ／ＴＩＭＥＤＡＴＥ／ＴＩＭＥ

 ４ ４ ／ ２３ ２３ ／ ２００４ ２００４

１２ ： ００  ＡＭ１２ ： ００  ＡＭ

ＭＭ／ＤＤＤＤ／ＹＹＹＹＹＹＹＹ

ＳＥＴＳＥＴ

ＣＡＮＣＥＬＣＡＮＣＥＬ

01 03 02

01 02

01 02 03

3

1Press “d” or “c” to select Year, Month, Day,

Hour or Minute.

2Press “a” or “b” to correct the setting.
3Always press the “MENU/OK” button after

the settings are completed.

ＤＡＴＥ／ＴＩＭＥＤＡＴＥ／ＴＩＭＥ

２００４   ２００４   ４  ．   ． ２４２４ 

１２ ： ００  ＡＭ

１２ ： ００  ＡＭ

ＹＹＹＹＹＹＹ．Ｙ．ＭＭ．ＤＤＤＤ

ＳＥＴＳＥＴ

ＣＡＮＣＥＬＣＡＮＣＥＬ

●

!

Holding down “a” or “b” changes the numbers continuously.

●

!

When the time displayed passes “12:00”, the AM/PM setting
changes.

01 02 03

1Press the “MENU/OK” button to display the

menu on the screen.

2Press “d” or “c ” to select “F” OPTION and

then press “a” or “b” to select “SET-UP”.

3Press the “MENU/OK” button.

Date order Explanation

YYYY.MM.DD

Displays the date in the “year.month.day”
format.

MM/DD/YYYY

Displays the date in the “month/day/year”
format.

DD.MM.YYYY

Displays the date in the “day.month.year”
format.

ＳＥＴ−ＵＰＳＥＴ−ＵＰ

ＯＰＴＩＯＮＯＰＴＩＯＮ

ＥＶＦ／ＬＣＤＥＶＦ／ＬＣＤ

ＳＥＴＳＥＴ

ＣＡＮＣＥＬＣＡＮＣＥＬ

言語言語

／ＬＡＮＧ．／ＬＡＮＧ．

 ＥＮＧＬＩＳＨＥＮＧＬＩＳＨ

ＶＩＤＥＯ ＳＹＳＴＥＭＶＩＤＥＯ ＳＹＳＴＥＭ

：ＮＴＳＣ：ＮＴＳＣ
：ＯＫ：ＯＫ

ＳＥＴ−ＵＰＳＥＴ−ＵＰ

ＤＩＳＣＨＡＲＧＥＤＩＳＣＨＡＲＧＥ

１ ２

：ＯＫ：ＯＫ

ＲＥＳＥＴＲＥＳＥＴ

３

15

Getting Ready

1

SELECTING THE LANGUAGE

1The “SET-UP” screen appears. Press “d” or “c”

to move to option 3 and then press “a” or “b” to
select “ ”.

2Press “c” to select “ENGLISH”, “FRANCAIS”,

“DEUTSCH”, “ESPAÑOL”, “ ” or “ ”.
Press “c ” to cycle through the language
settings.

●

!

The screens in this manual are shown in English.

●

!

See P.60 for more information on the “F” OPTION menu.

1Press the “MENU/OK” button to display the

menu on the screen.

2Press “d” or “c ” to select “F” OPTION and

then press “a” or “b” to select “SET-UP”.

3Press the “MENU/OK” button.

01 03 02

1

01 02

2

Blinking red

Lit red

!

@

#

No icon

＊

16

CHECKING THE BATTERY CHARGE

1There is ample battery charge.
2There is insufficient charge left in the batteries.

The batteries will soon run out. Have a new set
of batteries ready.

3The batteries are depleted. The display will

shortly go blank and the camera will stop
working. Replace or recharge the batteries.

Turn the camera on and check the battery charge.

“

C” appears as a small icon on the right-hand

side of the screen. “V” appears as a large icon
on the screen.

●

!

Depending on the camera mode and the type of batteries used, the transition from “C” to “V” may occur more
quickly.

●

!

Due to the nature of the battery, the battery low warning may appear early when the camera is used in cold
locations. This is normal. Try warming the batteries in your pocket or a similar location before use.

✽ Battery level warning

1) The camera’s estimation of the remaining battery charge varies greatly depending on the camera operation mode.
Consequently, even if “

C” or “V” is not displayed in Playback mode, one of them may appear when you change

to Photography mode.

2) Depending on the battery type and the level of charge in the batteries, the camera may run out of power without first
displaying a battery level warning. This is particularly to happen when batteries that have run out of charge once are
re-used.
In situation 2), immediately load new or fully charged replacement batteries.

Lit red

   １６   １６Ｎ

Blinking red

   １６   １６Ｎ

◆

Power save function

◆

When this function is active, it also turns off the screen (sleep mode) to reduce power consumption if
the camera is not used for 60 seconds (➡P.61). If the camera is then left unused for 2 or 5 minutes, the
Power save function turns the camera off. To turn the camera back on, set the Power switch to “OFF”
briefly and then back to “

q” or “w”.

17

Using the Camera

2

Still image shooting

Movie recording

Auto

Scene Position

Manual

Movie

Movie

Photography

0 Flash pop-up button

Press the Flash pop-up button to release the flash.

0

Photography mode selector

Turn the Mode dial to change Photography
mode.

0

ON/OFF and Photography /
Playback mode selector switch

Use the Power switch to select the mode.

BASIC OPERATION GUIDE

2

Using
the Camera

This section describes the camera’s functions.

18

BASIC OPERATION GUIDE

0 Changing between the viewfinder (EVF) and the monitor (LCD)

Pressing the “EVF/LCD” button toggles between
the viewfinder and the LCD monitor. Use whichever

mode is best suited to your shot.

● Low Light Viewfinder button

The screen brightness is increased briefly.

● DISP/BACK button

DISP: Press this button to select the screen

display.

BACK: Press this button to stop a procedure

midway through.

EVF

LCD

19

Using the Camera

2

ＳＥＬＦ−ＴＩＭＥＲ

ＯＦＦ

ＯＮ

ＳＥＬＦ−ＴＩＭＥＲ

ＯＦＦ

ＯＮ

ＴＲＩＭＭＩＮＧ

ＹＥＳ

ＣＡＮＣＥＬ

ＹＥＳ

ＣＡＮＣＥＬ

0 g button

Photography: d button Turns Macro ( ) on and off.

c button Sets the flash ( ).

Playback: Change frame or movie frame advance.

( a ) , ( b ) / Zoom button

0

Photography: Press “T” to zoom in (telephoto).

“W”

Press

Playback: Press

Press

to zoom out (wide-angle).

“T”

to enlarge the image.

“W”

to revert to normal display.

0Using the Menus

1Display the menu.

Press the “MENU/OK” button.

2Select a menu option.

Press the left or right arrow on the 4-direction
button.

ＳＥＬＦ−ＴＩＭＥＲ

ＯＮ

ＯＦＦ

3Select a setting.

Press the up or down arrow on the 4-direction

button.

ＳＥＬＦ−ＴＩＭＥＲ

ＯＮ

ＯＦＦ

4Confirm the setting.

Press the “MENU/OK” button.

◆Displaying the On-screen Help ◆

Instructions for the next step in the procedure
appear at the bottom of the screen. Press the
button indicated.
For example, to trim the image as shown in the
figure at right, press the “MENU/OK” button.

Up, down, left and right are indicated by black triangles in the Owner’s Manual. Up or down is shown

ＹＥＳ

ＣＡＮＣＥＬ

as “a” or “b”, and left or right is shown as “d” or “c”.

ＴＲＩＭＭＩＮＧ

ＹＥＳ

ＣＡＮＣＥＬ

20

1

1Set the Power switch to “q”.
2Set the Mode dial to “B”.

h Focal range

Approx. 80 cm (2.6 ft.) to infinity

●

!

Use Macro mode for subjects closer than 80 cm (2.6 ft.)
(➡P.32).

●

!

When “7”, “-”, “q”

or “

=” appears, see P.89.

01 02

2

Press the “EVF/LCD” button to alternate the display
between the viewfinder (EVF) and the LCD
monitor. Press the “EVF/LCD” button to select the
viewfinder (EVF).

EVF

LCD

3

4

●

!

When the flash pops up, the image may disappear and go
dark briefly due to flash charging. The indicator lamp blinks
orange during charging.

●

!

If the flash is used in dusty conditions or when it is snowing,
white dots may appear in the image. This is due to the flash
reflecting off the dust particles or snowflakes. Use
Suppressed flash mode to fix the problem.

Press the Flash pop-up button to pop up the flash.

Brace your elbows against your sides and hold the
camera with both hands. Position your right thumb
so that it is handy for using the zoom.

●

!

Moving the camera while shooting gives a blurred picture
(camera shake). Use a tripod to avoid camera shake,
particularly for shots in the dark when the selected flash
mode is Suppressed flash.

●

!

There may be some uneven brightness at the lower edge of
the screen. This is normal and does not affect the image.

TAKING PICTURES

(

B AUTO MODE

)

PHOTOGRAPHY MODE

The EVF/LCD selection is retained even when the
camera is off or the Mode dial setting is changed.

21

Using the Camera

2

5

●

!

Check that the lens is clean. If it is dirty, clean the lens as
informed on P.85.

Hold the camera so that your fingers or the strap do
not cover the lens, flash or flash control sensor. If
the lens, flash or flash control sensor is obscured,
the brightness (exposure) of your shot may be
incorrect.

6

Press “T (a)” Tele zoom button to zoom in. Press
“W (b)” Wide zoom button to zoom out. A zoom
bar appears on the screen.

h Optical zoom focal length

(35 mm camera equivalent)

Approx. 39 mm-234 mm
Max. zoom scale: 6×

●

!

Zooming pauses briefly when the camera changes between
optical zoom and digital zoom (➡P.25). Press the same zoom
button again to change zoom modes.

   １６   １６Ｎ

Zoom bar

Press the shutter button down halfway. When a
short double-beep is heard, the camera focuses on
your subject. The AF frame on the screen becomes
smaller. The indicator lamp (green) changes from
blinking to lit.

●

!

If the camera does not emit a short double-beep and “{”
appears on the screen, the camera cannot focus.

●

!

Pressing the shutter button down halfway freezes the image
on the screen briefly. This is not the recorded image.

●

!

If “{” appears on the screen (e.g. the shot is too dark for
the camera to focus), try standing about 2 m (6.6 ft.) from the
subject to take the picture.

8

Use the screen to frame the shot so that the
subject fills the entire AF (Autofocus) frame.

●

!

When the subject is not in the AF frame, use AF/AE lock to
take the picture (➡P.24).

●

!

The image shown on the screen before the picture is taken
may differ in brightness, color, etc. from the image actually
recorded. Play back the recorded image to check it (➡P.26).

7

      １６１６Ｎ

AF frame

Before the flash fires, “∑” appears on the screen.

Continued

Bebeep

22

Press the shutter button down fully. When a Beep
noise is heard, the camera records the image.

●

!

There is a slight delay between the shutter button being
pressed and the picture being taken. Play back the shot to
check the image.

●

!

When pressing the shutter button down fully in one motion,
the picture is taken without the AF frame changing.

●

!

When the camera takes the picture, the indicator lamp lights
orange (shooting disabled). The indicator lamp then turns
green and the next picture can be taken.

●

!

When taking a picture using the flash, the image may
disappear and go dark as the flash charges. The indicator
lamp then blinks orange.

●

!

See P.89-90 for information on the warning displays.

9

Beep

USING LCD MONITOR

When using the LCD monitor to take pictures,
press the “EVF/LCD” button to select the LCD
monitor.

1

2

Brace your elbows against your sides and hold the
camera with both hands. Position of your right
thumb so that it is handy for using the zoom.

●

!

Moving the camera while shooting gives a blurred picture
(camera shake). Use a tripod to avoid camera shake,
particularly for shots in the dark when the selected flash
mode is Suppressed flash.

Use the LCD monitor to frame the shot so that the
subject fills the entire AF (Autofocus) frame.

3

      １６１６Ｎ

AF frame

TAKING PICTURES (B AUTO MODE

)

PHOTOGRAPHY MODE

●

!

The image shown on the LCD monitor before the picture is
taken may differ in brightness, color, etc. from the image
actually recorded. Play back the recorded image to check it
(➡P.26).

◆

Subjects not suitable for autofocus

◆

The FinePix S3100 / FinePix S3500 uses a high-precision autofocusing mechanism. However, it may
have difficulty focusing on the following:

h Very shiny subjects such as a mirror or car

body

h Subjects photographed through glass
h Subjects that do not reflect well, such as hair

or fur

h Subjects with no substance, such as smoke or

flames

h Dark subjects
h Fast moving subjects
h Subjects with little or no contrast between the

subject and the background (such as white

walls or subjects dressed in the same color as
the background)

h Shots where another high-contrast object (not

the subject) is close to the AF frame and is
either closer or further away than your subject
(such as a shot of someone against a
background with strongly contrasting
elements)

For such subjects use AF/AE lock (➡P.24).

23

Using the Camera

2

Quality setting

4

F

4

N

Number of recorded
pixels

2272 × 1704 2272 × 1704

DPC-16 (16 MB)

8

2

1600 × 1200

1`

1280 × 960

16
33

66
134
268

16
32

66
132
266
532

25

50
101
204
409
818

33

68
137
275
550

1101

640 × 480

122
247
497

997
1997
3993

DPC-32 (32 MB)
DPC-64 (64 MB)
DPC-128 (128 MB)
DPC-256 (256 MB)
DPC-512 (512 MB)

INDICATOR LAMP DISPLAY

Display Status

Lit green Ready to shoot
Blinking green AF/AE in progress, camera shake warning or AF warning (ready to shoot)
Blinking green and

orange alternately

Recording to xD-Picture Card (ready to shoot)

Lit orange Recording to xD-Picture Card (not ready)
Blinking orange Charging the flash (flash will not fire)
Blinking green

(1-second intervals)

Camera in Power save mode (➡P.61)

Blinking red

h xD-Picture Card Warnings

No card inserted, card not formatted, incorrect format, card full, xD-Picture Card error

h Lens operation error

✽ Detailed warning messages appear on the screen (➡P.89, 90).

NUMBER OF AVAILABLE FRAMES

The number of available frames appears on the
screen.

●

!

See P.38 for information on changing the quality setting.

●

!

The default quality “y” set at shipment is “4 N”.

■ Standard number of frames per xD-Picture Card

The table below shows the standard number of frames for a new xD-Picture Card formatted on the camera. The larger the
xD-Picture Card capacity, the bigger the difference between the actual number of frames and the number shown here. Also,

the size of an image file varies depending on the subject. So the number of remaining shots may decrease by 2 or may
remain the same. For this reason, the number displayed may not show the actual number of frames.

Ｎ   Ｎ   １６１６

24

USING AF/AE LOCK

In this shot, the subjects (two people in this case)
are not in the AF frame. Taking the picture at this
point will result in the subjects being out of focus.

Move the camera slightly so that one of the
subjects is in the AF frame.

Press the shutter button down halfway (AF/AE
lock). When a short double-beep is heard, the
camera focuses on your subject. The AF frame on
the screen becomes smaller. The indicator lamp
(green) changes from blinking to lit.

Continue to hold the shutter button down halfway.
Move the camera back to the original image and
press the shutter button fully.

1

2

3

4

●

!

AF/AE lock can be applied repeatedly before the shutter is
released.

●

!

Use AF/AE lock in all Photography modes to make sure
excellent results.

      １６１６Ｎ

      １６１６Ｎ

◆

AF (Autofocus)/AE (Auto-exposure) lock

◆

On the FinePix S3100 / FinePix S3500, pressing the shutter button down half way locks the focus and
exposure settings (AF/AE lock). To focus on a subject that is off to one side or to set the exposure
before composing the final shot, locks the AF and AE settings. Then compose and take the picture to
get the best results.

TAKING PICTURES (a AUTO MODE

)

PHOTOGRAPHY MODE

Bebeep

Beep

25

Using the Camera

2

USING THE ZOOM (OPTICAL ZOOM/DIGITAL ZOOM

)

Press the “T (a)” or “W (b)” button to zoom in or
out.
The digital zoom can be used with the “2”, “1”
and “`” quality settings.
When zooming changes between optical and
digital, the position of the “■” indicator stops. Press
the same Zoom button again to start the “■ ”
indicator moving again.

●

!

The digital zoom cannot be used with the “4” quality setting.

●

!

See P.38 for information on changing the quality setting.

●

!

If the shot goes out of focus during zooming, hold the shutter
button down halfway to refocus the shot.

BEST FRAMING

Select the framing guideline in Photography mode.
Pressing the “DISP/BACK” button changes the
screen display. Press the “DISP/BACK” button until
“Framing Guideline” appears.

Optical
zoom

Digital
zoom

Zoom bar display

The position of the “ ” indicator on
the zoom bar shows the zooming status.
The area to above the separator
indicates digital zooming, while the area
to below indicates optical zooming.

h Optical zoom focal length

✽

Approx. 39 mm-234 mm, max. zoom scale: 6×

h Digital zoom focal lengths

✽

2: approx. 234 mm-327.6 mm,

max. zoom scale: approx. 1.4×

1: approx. 234 mm-397 mm,

max. zoom scale: approx. 1.7×

`: approx. 234 mm-796.5 mm,

max. zoom scale: approx. 3.4×

✽ 35 mm camera equivalents

Text displayed

Framing guideline displayed

No text displayed

Scene

      １６１６Ｎ

Position the main subject at the intersection of two lines in this
frame or align one of the horizontal lines with the horizon. Use
this frame as a guide to the subject’s size and the balance of
the shot while composing a shot.

●

!

The framing guideline is not recorded on the image.

●

!

The lines in the scene frame divide the image into 3 roughly equal parts
horizontally and vertically. The resulting printed image may be shifted
slightly from the scene frame.

◆

Important

◆

Always use AF/AE lock when composing a shot.
The image may be out of focus if AF/AE lock is not
used.

26

１００−１００−０００１０００１

２００２００４． ４． １ １  １２：０  １２：００ ＡＭ ＡＭ

Single-frame playback

1Set the Power switch to “w”.
2Press “c” to scan forward through the images.

Press “d” to scan backwards.

●

!

Set the Power switch to “w” to play back the last shot.

●

!

When the lens is extended during playback, the lens retracts
as a protective measure if the camera is not used for 6
seconds.

●

!

The text display disappears on the screen after 3 seconds.

Selecting images

To select images on the thumbnail lists screen,
hold down “d” or “c” for 1 second during playback.

Multi-frame playback

In Playback mode, press the “DISP/BACK” button
to change the display shown on the screen. Press
the “DISP/BACK” button until the multi-frame
playback screen (9 frames) appears.

1Press “a”, “b”, “d” or “c” to move the cursor

(orange frame) to the frame you want to select.
Press “a” or “b” repeatedly to jump to the next
page.

2Press the “MENU/OK” button to enlarge the

image.

Text displayed

Multi-frame playback

No text displayed

01 02

01 02

VIEWING THE IMAGES (w PLAYBACK

)

PLAYBACK MODE

◆

Still images viewable on the FinePix S3100 / FinePix S3500

◆

This camera will display still images recorded on the FinePix S3100 / FinePix S3500 or still images
(excluding some uncompressed images) recorded on any FUJIFILM digital camera that supports xD-
Picture Cards. Clear playback or digital zooming may not be possible for still images shot on cameras
other than the FinePix S3100 / FinePix S3500.

27

Using the Camera

2

Playback zoom

Press the “T (a)” or “W (b)” button during single­frame playback to zoom in (enlarge) or out on a still
image. A zoom bar appears.
Press the “DISP/BACK” button to return to single­frame playback.

●

!

Playback zoom cannot be used with multi-frame playback.

ＣＡＮＣＥＬＣＡＮＣＥＬ

ＰＡＮＮＩＮＧＰＡＮＮＩＮＧ

Zoom bar

1Press “d” or “c” to select “PANNING”.
2Press “a”, “b”, “d” or “c” to display another

area.
Press the “DISP/BACK” button to return to playback
zoom.

ＣＡＮＣＥＬＣＡＮＣＥＬ

01 02

■ Zoom scales

Quality mode Max. zoom scale

4 (2272 × 1704)

Approx. 14×

2 (1600 × 1200)

Approx. 10×

1 (1280 × 960)

Approx. 8×

` (640 × 480)

Approx. 4×

確認

28

ＦＲＡＭＥＦＲＡＭＥ

ＥＲＡＳＥＥＲＡＳＥ ＯＫ？ ＯＫ？

１００−０００１１００−０００１

ＹＥＳＹＥＳ

ＣＡＮＣＥＬＣＡＮＣＥＬ

ＦＲＡＭＥＦＲＡＭＥ

ＡＬＬＡＬＬ ＦＲＡＭＥＳＦＲＡＭＥＳ

ＢＡＣＫＢＡＣＫ

ＥＲＡＳＥＥＲＡＳＥ

ＦＲＡＭＥＦＲＡＭＥ

ＡＬＬＡＬＬ ＦＲＡＭＥＳＦＲＡＭＥＳ

ＢＡＣＫＢＡＣＫ

ＥＲＡＳＥＥＲＡＳＥ

1

Set the Power switch to “w”.

2

3

1Press the “MENU/OK” button during playback to

display the menu on the screen.

2Press “d” or “c” to select “o” ERASE.

1Press “a” or “b” to select “FRAME”.
2Press the “MENU/OK” button to confirm the

selection.

See P.43 for information on “ALL FRAMES”.

4

1Press “d” or “c” to select the frame (file) to be

erased.

2Press the “MENU/OK” button to erase the

displayed frame (file).
To erase another image, repeat steps 1 and 2.
Press the “DISP/BACK” button to cancel single
frame erasing.

01 02

01 02

01 02

01 02

●

!

To return to single-frame playback, press “a” or “b” to select
“

« BACK” and then press the “MENU/OK” button.

●

!

Press the “MENU/OK” button repeatedly to erase consecutive
image. Take care not to erase important images.

ERASING IMAGES (o ERASE FRAME

)

PLAYBACK MODE

Erased frames (files) cannot be recovered. Back up
important frames (files) onto your PC or another
media.

29

Advanced Features

3

Consider the scene you are photographing and the sort of image you want to
achieve when you specify the camera settings. A general guide is given below.

1

Select the Photography mode (➡P. 30, 31).

B

Auto Leaves the “EV” and “White balance” settings to the camera.

m

Scene position Selects the best setting for the scene being shot.

s

Manual Sets the “EV”, “White balance”, “Flash brightness adjustment”,

“Aperture-priority” and “Sharpness” to manual to easily control
yourself.

2

Specify the photography settings (➡P. 32-42).

e

Macro Uses for close-up shots.

d

Flash Uses for shots in dark locations or for backlit subjects, etc.

fi This is useful when you are checking the shot composition for

dimly lit scenes (Slow synchro shots, etc.).

y Quality

Set the size of the recorded image when the picture is taken.
The size set is matched to the intended use of the print size.

*

Self-timer Uses in situations such as group shots where the photographer

is included in the shot.

z Change this setting to adjust the amount of light emitted by the

flash to suit the photography conditions or to achieve a desired
effect.

D

Uses the AE exposure as a reference value of 0. This function
brightens (+) or darkens (–) the shot.

A

White balance Uses to fix the white balance to suit the photography conditions

and lighting.

‹ Aperture-priority Use this mode for shots that have the background out of focus

(large aperture) or have both near and far objects in focus
(small aperture).

G Sharpness Use this setting to soften or emphasize outlines or to adjust the

quality of the image.

3

Take the pictures

EV
(Exposure compensation)

Flash brightness
adjustment

Increasing monitor
brightness

TAKING PICTURES — SELECTING THE CAMERA SETTINGS

PHOTOGRAPHY FUNCTIONS

3

Advanced
Features

■ Photography mode specifications

d

e MACRO

YES

c

d FLASH

x Auto flash

bRed-eye reduction

d Forced flash
c Slow synchro
n

Red-eye reduction + Slow synchro

P.34
P.34
P.34
P.35
P.35

y Quality

YES

YES
YES

NO

YES

NO
NO

YES

Menu

* Self-timer

NO

z Flash brightness adjustment
D EV (Exposure Compensation)

B

YES
YES

YES
YES
YES

YES
YES
YES

YES

YES

s

YES
YES

YES
YES

NO

YES
YES
YES

NO

NO

m

NO
NO
NO
NO
NO

NO

,

YES

NO

YES

NO
NO

NO

.

NO
NO

NO
YES
YES

NO

©

Default
Setting

OFF

x

4

N

OFF

0
0

NO
NO

A White balance
‹ Aperture-priority

YES
YES

NO
NO

AUTO
AUTO

NO

G Sharpness

P.32

P.38
P.39
P.41
P.41
P.42
P.42
P.42 YES NONORMAL

fi Increasing monitor brightness

YES YES YESOFFP.36

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PHOTOGRAPHY MODE SELECTOR

PHOTOGRAPHY FUNCTIONS

B AUTO

Set the Mode dial to “B”.
This is the easiest mode to use and can be used
for most types of shots.

●

!

See P.29 for information on available flashes.

m SCENE POSITION

Set the Mode dial to “m”.
This mode provides options tailored to different
types of scene.

1

Choose the SCENE POSITION from 4 types of
scenes (m, ,, . and ©).
1Press the “MENU/OK” button to display the

menu.

2Press “d ” or “c ” to select “√ ” SCENE

POSITION and then press “a” or “b” to change
the setting.

3Press the “MENU/OK” button to confirm the

selection.

2

ＳＣＥＮＥ ＰＯＳＩＴＩＯＮＳＣＥＮＥ ＰＯＳＩＴＩＯＮ

ＳＰＯＲＴＳＰＯＲＴ
ＬＡＮＤＳＣＡＰＥＬＡＮＤＳＣＡＰＥ

ＮＩＧＨＴＮＩＧＨＴ

ＰＯＲＴＲＡＩＴＰＯＲＴＲＡＩＴ

01 0203

   １６   １６Ｎ

Explanation Available flash modes

m PORTRAIT

This is the best mode for shooting portrait. Skin tones are
shown beautifully and the overall tone is soft.

x/ b/ d/ c/ n

, LANDSCAPE

This is the best mode for shooting scenery in daylight and
provides crisp, clear shots of scenery such as buildings and
mountains.

Flash not available.
When the flash is popped up,
“

v

” appears.

. SPORT

This is the best mode for shooting sporting events. This mode
gives priority to faster shutter speeds.

x/ d

© NIGHT

This is the best mode for evening and night scene. This mode
allows you to take shots where priority is given to slow shutter
speeds of up to 3 seconds. To avoid camera shake, always use
a tripod.

c/ n

Macro mode cannot be used with any of the √
modes.

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Advanced Features

3

Set the Mode dial to “s”.
This is the mode for specifying EV (Exposure
compensation), white balance, Flash brightness
adjustment, Aperture-priority and Sharpness
settings.

●

!

See P.29 for information on available flashes.

Explanation Page

D EV (Exposure compensation)

Use the AE exposure as a reference value of 0, this function brightens (+)
or darkens (–) the shot.

41

A White balance

Use to fix the white balance to suit the photography conditions and
lighting.

42

z Flash brightness adjustment

Use this setting to adjust the amount of light emitted by the flash to suit
the photography conditions or to achieve a desired effect.

41

G Sharpness

Use this setting to soften or emphasize outlines or to adjust the quality of
the image.

42

42

‹ Aperture-priority

This is an automatic mode to set the aperture.
Use this mode for shots that have a background out of focus (large
aperture) or have both near and far objects in focus (small aperture).

s MANUAL

32

e MACRO (CLOSE-UP

)

PHOTOGRAPHY FUNCTIONS

Ｎ   Ｎ   １６１６

Select Macro mode to take close-up shots.

1Set the Power switch to “q”.
2Press the “e (d )” Macro button. The “e ”

appears on the screen indicating that you can
take close-up shots.
To cancel Macro mode, press the “e (d )”
Macro button again.

h Focal range

Approx. 0.1 m to 0.8 m (3.9 in. to 2.6 ft.)

h Effective flash range

Approx. 0.3 m to 0.8 m (1.0 ft. to 2.6 ft.)

●

!

Any of following cancels Macro mode:

i Changing the Mode dial setting
i Turning the camera off

●

!

Select the appropriate flash mode for the conditions.

●

!

Use a tripod to avoid camera shake when shooting in the
dark (when “

∂” appears).

●

!

The lens is fixed at the wide-angle zoom setting and only the
digital zoom can be used.

01 02

◆

When using the flash

◆

When using the flash in Macro mode, remove the
lens adapter ring.
If the adapter ring is not removed, a shadow may
appear in the bottom center of your shot.

33

Advanced Features

3

d FLASH

PHOTOGRAPHY FUNCTIONS

Choose from 6 flash modes according to the type of shot.

1

Set the Power switch to “q”.

2

Set the Mode dial to “B”, “m” or “s” mode.

3

Press the Flash pop-up button to pop-up the flash.

h Effective flash range (

B)

Wide-angle: approx. 0.3 m to 3.5 m

(1.0 ft. to 11.5 ft.)

Telephoto: approx. 0.8 m to 3.5 m

(2.6 ft. to 11.5 ft.)

●

!

When the flash pops up, the image may disappear and go
dark briefly due to flash charging. The indicator lamp blinks
orange during charging.

The flash setting changes each time you press the
“d (c)” Flash button. The last flash mode shown is
the mode selected.

●

!

If the flash is used in dusty conditions or when it is snowing,
white dots may appear in the image due to flash reflecting off
the dust particles or snowflakes. Use Suppressed flash
mode.

●

!

When taking a picture using the flash, the image may
disappear and go dark as the flash charges. The indicator
lamp then blinks orange.

●

!

The available Flash modes are limited depending on the
Photography menu selected (➡P.29).

4

Press the shutter button down halfway. “∑ ”
appears on the screen when the flash is used.

Continued

34

d

Forced flash

Use this mode in backlit scenes, such as a subject against
a window or in the shade of a tree, or to get the correct
colors when taking a picture under bright lighting. In this
mode, the flash fires in bright as well as dark conditions.

x Auto flash

Use this mode for ordinary photography. The flash fires as
required by the shooting conditions.

●

!

If pressing the shutter button while the flash is charging, the picture will
be taken without the flash.

b

Red-eye reduction

Use this mode to make sure that the subject’s eyes appear
normal when taking pictures of people in low-light
conditions. The flash fires a pre-flash just before the picture
is taken and then fires again to take the actual picture. The
flash fires as required by the shooting conditions.

●

!

If pressing the shutter button while the flash is charging, the picture will
be taken without the flash.

d FLASH

PHOTOGRAPHY FUNCTIONS

◆

Red-eye effect

◆

When using the flash to take a picture of people in low-light conditions, their eyes sometimes
appear red in the picture. This is caused by the light of the flash reflecting off the inside of the eye.
Use Red-eye reduction flash to minimize the likelihood of this effect.
Take the following measures to make Red-eye reduction more effective:

h Get the subjects to look at the camera. h Get as close as possible to the subjects.

35

Advanced Features

3

c

Slow synchro

This is a flash mode that uses a slow shutter speed. This
allows you to take pictures of people at night that clearly
show both your subjects and the night time backdrop. To
avoid camera shake, always use a tripod.

h Slowest shutter speed

“

©” Night scene: up to 2 sec.

n

Red-eye reduction + Slow synchro

Use this mode for Slow synchro shots with Red-eye
reduction.

●

!

The image may be overexposed when shooting bright scenes.

To take a picture of a main subject at night with the
background brightly lit, use the “

©” (Night) setting in Scene

position (➡P.30).

◆

Suppressed flash

◆

●

!

Use a tripod to avoid camera shake, particularly for shots in
the dark when the selected flash mode is Suppressed
flash.

●

!

See P.23, 89 for information on the camera shake warning.

Pressing the flash down changes the camera to
Suppressed flash mode.
Use this mode for taking pictures using indoor
lighting, for shots taken through glass, and for
photography in places such as theaters or at indoor
sporting events where the distance is too great for
the flash to be effective. When you use Suppressed
flash, the selected white balance function (➡P.42)
operates so that natural colors are captured along
with the ambience of the available light.

36

INCREASING MONITOR BRIGHTNESS

PHOTOGRAPHY FUNCTIONS

This is useful when checking the shot composition for dimly lit scenes (Slow synchro shots, etc.).

1

Set the Power switch to “q”.

2

Set the Mode dial to “B”, “m” or “s” mode.

Press the “fi” Low Light Viewfinder button.
“fi ” appears on the screen and the subject is
displayed brightly.
To cancel increased brightness:
Press the “fi” Low Light Viewfinder button again.
This function is automatically cancelled after each
shot.

●

!

This function is purely for checking the composition of your
shot. It does not increase the brightness of the photographed
image.

●

!

Even if you increase the brightness in dark locations, you
may not see the subject.

●

!

To make the monitor brighter permanently, specify the
desired setting in the “

fi EVF/LCD” (LCD monitor

brightness) adjustment in the settings menu. (See P.58 for
details.)

3

ＵＰＵＰ

   １６   １６Ｎ

37

Advanced Features

3

ＳＥＬＦ−ＴＩＭＥＲＳＥＬＦ−ＴＩＭＥＲ

ＯＦＦＯＦＦ

ＯＮＯＮ

01 02

Ｎ   Ｎ   １６１６

3

When you enable the setting, an icon appears in
the top-left corner of the screen.

●

!

The settings available in the menu screen vary depending on
the Photography mode.

Press the “MENU/OK” button to display the menu
on the screen.

1

1Press “d” or “c” to select the menu item and

“a” or “b” to change the setting.

2Press the “MENU/OK” button to confirm the

setting.

2

PHOTOGRAPHY MENU OPERATION

PHOTOGRAPHY MENU

*

Self-timer ➡P.39

Use this setting for taking pictures such as
group shots where the photographer is included
in the shot.

A

White balance ➡P.42

Change this setting to take a picture with the
white balance fixed for the surroundings and
lighting when the picture is taken.

‹

Aperture-priority ➡P.42

This is an automatic mode to set the aperture.
Use this mode for shots that have the
background out of focus (large aperture) or
have both near and far objects in focus (small
aperture).

√

Scene position ➡P.40

Specify “m” Portrait, “,” Landscape, “.”
Sport or “©” Night.

D

EV ➡P.41

Set when the correct exposure cannot be
obtained.

y

Quality ➡P.38

Set the size of the recorded image when the
picture is taken. The size set is matched to the
intended use of the print size.

G

Sharpness ➡P.42

Use this setting to soften or emphasize outlines
or to adjust the quality of the image.

z

Flash brightness adjustment

➡P.41

Change this setting to adjust the amount of light
emitted by the flash to suit the photography
conditions or to achieve a desired effect.

38

y

QUALITY SETTINGS IN PHOTOGRAPHY MODE

Choose from 5 settings. Using the table below as a
guide, select the setting that best suits the aims.

●

!

The numbers to the right of each setting show the number of
available frames.

●

!

When changing the quality setting, the number of available
frames also changes (➡P.23).

ＱＵＡＬＩＴＹＱＵＡＬＩＴＹ

  ２５  ２５

 ２０ ２０

 １０ １０

Ｎ

ＦＲＡＭＥ

ＦＲＡＭＥ

  ３３  ３３

Ｆ

PHOTOGRAPHY MENU

PHOTOGRAPHY MENU

✽ Displaying the menus (➡P.37)

Printing at up to 6R / A5 size
For better quality, select “F”

Quality mode

4

F (2272 × 1704)

4

N (2272 × 1704)

Printing at up to 4R / A6 size

2

(1600 × 1200)

Printing at up to 3R size

1

(1280 × 960)

To use for e-mail or web site

`

(680 × 480)

Sample Uses

39

Advanced Features

3

A countdown appears on the screen indicating the
time remaining until the picture is taken.
Self-timer mode is cancelled after each shot.

8

4

ＳＥＬＦ−ＴＩＭＥＲＳＥＬＦ−ＴＩＭＥＲ

ＯＦＦＯＦＦ

ＯＮＯＮ

Ｎ   Ｎ   １６１６

1

The self-timer is used in situations where the
photographer is included in the shot.
When setting the self-timer to “ON”, “*” appears
on the screen.
In this mode, a timer runs for roughly 10 seconds
before the shutter is released.

1Position the AF frame over the subject.
2Press the shutter button down halfway to focus

on the subject.

3Without releasing the shutter button, press the

button all the way down (fully pressed) to start
the self-timer.

Ｎ   Ｎ   １６１６

2

01

02

03

*

SELF-TIMER PHOTOGRAPHY

●

!

Any of following cancels the self-timer setting:

i Completing the shooting
i Changing the Mode dial setting
i Turning the camera off

●

!

The AF/AE lock can be used (➡P.24).

●

!

Take care not to stand in front of the lens when pressing the
shutter button as this can prevent the correct focus or
brightness (exposure) being got.

The self-timer lamp lights steadily for roughly 5
seconds and then blinks for another 5 seconds,
after which the picture is taken.

3

●

!

To stop the self-timer, once it has started running, press the
“DISP/BACK” button.

Bebeep

Beep

40

PHOTOGRAPHY MENU

PHOTOGRAPHY MENU

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ＬＡＮＤＳＣＡＰＥＬＡＮＤＳＣＡＰＥ

ＮＩＧＨＴＮＩＧＨＴ

ＳＣＥＮＥ ＰＯＳＩＴＩＯＮＳＣＥＮＥ ＰＯＳＩＴＩＯＮ

ＰＯＲＴＲＡＩＴＰＯＲＴＲＡＩＴ

1

Select Scene position in the “m” Photography
mode.
1Press the “MENU/OK” button to display the menu

on the screen.

2Press “d ” or “c ” to select “√ ” SCENE

POSITION.

01 02

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ＬＡＮＤＳＣＡＰＥＬＡＮＤＳＣＡＰＥ

ＮＩＧＨＴＮＩＧＨＴ

ＳＣＥＮＥ ＰＯＳＩＴＩＯＮＳＣＥＮＥ ＰＯＳＩＴＩＯＮ

ＰＯＲＴＲＡＩＴＰＯＲＴＲＡＩＴ

2

1Press “a” or “b” to select scene.
2Press the “MENU/OK” button to confirm the

selection.

01 02

√

SCENE POSITION

✽ Displaying the menus (➡P.37)

Scene Explanation Available flash modes

m

PORTRAIT

This is the best mode for shooting portraits. Skin tones are
shown beautifully and the overall tone is soft.

x / b / d / c / n

,

LANDSCAPE

This is the best mode for shooting scenery in daylight and
provides crisp, clear shots of scenery such as buildings and
mountains.

Flash not available.
When the flash is popped up,
“

v

” appears.

.

SPORT

This is the best mode for shooting sporting events. This mode
gives priority to faster shutter speeds.

x / d

©

NIGHT

This is the best mode for evening and night scenes. This mode
allows you to take shots where priority is given to slow shutter
speeds of up to 3 seconds. To avoid camera shake, always use
a tripod.

c / n

41

Advanced Features

3

D

EV (EXPOSURE COMPENSATION

)

ＥＶＥＶ

０

＋０．３

＋０．３

−０．３−０．３

＋０．６＋０．６

Select EV in the “s” Photography mode.
Use this function for shots to get the correct
brightness (exposure), such as shots with
extremely high contrast between the subject and
the background.

h Compensation range

–2.1 EV to +1.5 EV (13 steps in 0.3 EV increments)
See P.95 for more information on EV.

●

!

Exposure compensation is disabled in the following
situations:

i When the flash is used in Auto or Red-eye reduction mode
i When dark scenes are shot in Forced flash mode

Select Flash brightness in the “s” Photography
mode. Use this setting to change the amount of
light emitted by the flash to suit the photography
conditions or to achieve a desired effect.

h Compensation range: ±2 leveles

–0.6 EV to +0.6 EV in approx. 0.3 EV increments
(total: 5 levels selectable)
See P.95 for information on EV.

●

!

Depending on the type of subject and the shooting distance,
brightness adjustment may have no effect.

z

FLASH BRIGHTNESS ADJUSTMENT

ＦＬＡＳＨＦＬＡＳＨ

０

＋０．３＋０．３

−０．３−０．３

−０．６−０．６

◆

To obtain the optimum brightness

◆

Adjust the exposure compensation according to the level of brightness or darkness in the image.

■ Guide to compensation

i Backlit portraits: +0.6 EV to +1.5 EV
i Very bright scenes (such as snowfields) and highly reflective subjects: +0.9 EV
i Shots made up predominantly of sky: +0.9 EV
i Spotlit subjects, particularly against dark backgrounds: –0.6 EV
i Scenes with low reflectivity, such as shots of pine trees or dark foliage: –0.6 EV

h When the subject appears too bright,

try a negative (–) compensation setting.
This will make the overall image darker.

h When the subject appears too dark,

try a positive (+) compensation setting.
This will make the overall image brighter.

42

Select Sharpness in the “s” Photography mode.
Use this setting to soften or emphasize outlines or
to adjust the quality of the image.

HARD: Emphasizes the outlines.

Best for shots of subjects such as buildings
or text where sharp images are desirable.

NORMAL: Best for ordinary photography.

Provides edge sharpness that is ideal
for most picture taking situations.

SOFT: Softens the outlines.

Best for shots of subjects such as people,
where a softer image is desirable.

G

SHARPNESS

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ＮＯＲＭＡＬＮＯＲＭＡＬ

ＨＡＲＤＨＡＲＤ

ＳＯＦＴＳＯＦＴ

Select aperture-priority in the “s” Photography
mode.
This is an automatic mode to set the aperture. Use
this mode for shots that have the background out of
focus (large aperture) or have both near and far
objects in focus (small aperture).

h Aperture settings: AUTO/F2.8/F5/F8

Shutter speed (auto): 1/2 sec. to 1/1500 sec.

If the shutter speed appears in red when pressing
the shutter button down halfway, the shot is
overexposed or underexposed. Change the
aperture setting until the correct exposure is
obtained.

●

!

The aperture setting shown is the value at the wide-angle
zoom setting. The actual aperture value varies depending on
the focal length of the optical zoom.

‹

APERTURE-PRIORITY

ＡＵＴＯＡＵＴＯ

Ａ．ＰＲＩＯＲＩＴＹＡ．ＰＲＩＯＲＩＴＹ

Ｆ８

Ｆ２．８

Ｆ５

Ｆ５

Displayed in red

１／１／２ ２  Ｆ Ｆ５

PHOTOGRAPHY MENU

PHOTOGRAPHY MENU

A

WHITE BALANCE (SELECTING THE LIGHT SOURCE

)

ＷＢＷＢ

ＡＵＴＯＡＵＴＯ

Select white balance in the “s” Photography mode.
Change the white balance setting to take a picture
with the white balance fixed for the surroundings
and lighting.
In AUTO mode, the correct white balance may not
be achieved for subjects such as close-ups of
people’s faces and pictures taken under a special
light source. Select the correct white balance for the
light source. See P.95 for more information on the
white balance.

●

!

The color tones may vary depending on the shooting
conditions (light source, etc.).

AUTO: Automatic adjustment

(shooting to show the ambience of

the light source)

6: Shooting outdoors in fine weather

7: Shooting in shade

9: Shooting under “Daylight” fluorescent

lamps

0: Shooting under “Warm White” fluorescent

lamps

-: Shooting under “Cool White” fluorescent

lamps

8: Shooting in incandescent light

✽ When the flash fires, the white balance setting for the flash is used. Consequently, to achieve a particular effect, the

flash mode should be set to Suppressed flash (➡P.35).

✽ Displaying the menus (➡P.37)

43

Advanced Features

3

ＦＲＡＭＥＦＲＡＭＥ

ＡＬＬ ＦＲＡＭＥＳＡＬＬ ＦＲＡＭＥＳ

ＢＡＣＫＢＡＣＫ

ＥＲＡＳＥＥＲＡＳＥ

ＦＲＡＭＥＦＲＡＭＥ

ＡＬＬＡＬＬ ＦＲＡＭＥＳＦＲＡＭＥＳ

ＢＡＣＫＢＡＣＫ

ＥＲＡＳＥＥＲＡＳＥ

1Set the Power switch to “w”.
2Press the “MENU/OK” button to display the

menu on the screen.

2

3

1Press “a” or “b ” to select “ALL FRAMES” or

“FRAME”.

2Press the “MENU/OK” button.

01 02

1

o ERASING SINGLE / ALL FRAMES

PLAYBACK MENU

Erased frames (files) cannot be recovered. Back up
important frames (files) onto your PC or another
media.

Press “d” or “c” to select “o” ERASE.

ALL FRAMES

Erases all unprotected frames (files).
Back up important frames (files) onto your PC or
another media.

FRAME

Erases only the selected frame (file).

« BACK

Returns to playback without erasing any frames
(files).

Continued

01 02

44

ＡＬＬＡＬＬ ＦＲＡＭＥＳＦＲＡＭＥＳ

ＥＲＡＳＥ ＡＬＬＥＲＡＳＥ ＡＬＬ ＯＫ？ ＯＫ？
      ＩＴ ＭＡＹＩＴ ＭＡＹ
ＴＡＫＥ Ａ ＷＨＩＬＥＴＡＫＥ Ａ ＷＨＩＬＥ

１００−０００１１００−０００１

ＹＥＳＹＥＳ

ＣＡＮＣＥＬＣＡＮＣＥＬ

ＦＲＡＭＥＦＲＡＭＥ

ＥＲＡＳＥＥＲＡＳＥ ＯＫ？ ＯＫ？

１００−０００１１００−０００１

ＹＥＳＹＥＳ

ＣＡＮＣＥＬＣＡＮＣＥＬ

1Press “d” or “c” to select the frame (file) to be

erased.

2Press the “MENU/OK” button to erase the

currently displayed frame (file).
To erase another frame (file), repeat steps 1 and 2.
When you have finished erasing frames (files),
press the “DISP/BACK” button.

●

!

Pressing the “MENU/OK” button repeatedly erases
consecutive frames (files). Take care not to erase a frame
(file) by mistake.

●

!

Protected frames (files) cannot be erased. Unprotect the
frames (files) before erasing them (➡P.49).

FRAME

Pressing the “MENU/OK” button erases all the
frames (files).

ALL FRAMES

●

!

Protected frames (files) cannot be erased. Unprotect the
frames (files) before erasing them (➡P.49).

01 02

o ERASING SINGLE / ALL FRAMES

PLAYBACK MENU

If “e ” or “r ” appears, press the “MENU/OK”

button again to erase the frames (files).

◆

To stop the procedure midway

◆

Press the “DISP/BACK” button to cancel erasing of
all the frames (files). Some unprotected frames (files)
will be left unerased.

●

!

Even if you stop the procedure immediately, some frames
(files) will be erased.

ＡＬＬ ＦＲＡＭＥＳＡＬＬ ＦＲＡＭＥＳＡＬＬ ＦＲＡＭＥＳＡＬＬ ＦＲＡＭＥＳＡＬＬ ＦＲＡＭＥＳ

ＣＡＮＣＥＬ

ＣＡＮＣＥＬ

45

Advanced Features

3

u DPOF SET FRAME

PLAYBACK MENU

DPOF stands for Digital Print Order Format and refers to a format that is used for
recording printing specifications for images shot using a digital camera on media such as
an xD-Picture Card. The recorded specifications include information on which frames
are to be printed.

This section gives a detailed description of how to order your prints with the FinePix
S3100 / FinePix S3500.
On the FinePix S3100 / FinePix S3500, you can specify only one print per image in the
DPOF settings.

✽ Note that some printers do not support date and time imprinting or specification of the

number of prints.

✽ Note that the warnings shown below may be displayed while you are specifying the

prints.

e
r

(➡P.44)

When erasing the image, the DPOF setting for that image is deleted at the same time.

4 (➡P.46)

When inserting an xD-Picture Card that contains images specified for printing by
another camera, those print specifications are all reset and replaced by the new print
specifications.

i (➡P.90)

Up to 999 images can be specified on the same xD-Picture Card.

HOW TO SPECIFY PRINT OPTIONS (DPOF

)

46

ＤＰＯＦＤＰＯＦ

ＷＩＴＨＷＩＴＨ ＤＡＴＥＤＡＴＥ

ＷＩＴＨＯＵＴＷＩＴＨＯＵＴ ＤＡＴＥＤＡＴＥ

ＲＥＳＥＴＲＥＳＥＴ ＡＬＬＡＬＬ

1

1Set the Power switch to “w”.
2Press the “MENU/OK” button to display the

menu on the screen.

01 02

Press “d” or “c” to select “u” DPOF.

2

When the data includes a frame (file) with DPOF
setting that were specified on another camera,
“

4” appears.

Pressing the “MENU/OK” button erases all of the
DPOF settings already specified for each frame (file).
Specify the DPOF setting for each frame (file) again.

●

!

Press the “DISP/BACK” button to leave the previous
settings unchanged.

3

1Press “a ” or “b ” to select “WITH DATE” or

“WITHOUT DATE”. Selecting “WITH DATE” will

cause the date to be imprinted on your prints.

2Press the “MENU/OK” button.

01 02

●

!

When selecting the “WITH DATE” setting, the date is
imprinted on your shots using the Print Service or a DPOF­compatible printer (depending on the printer specifications,
the date may not be printed in some cases).

ＤＰＯＦＤＰＯＦ

ＷＩＴＨＷＩＴＨ ＤＡＴＥＤＡＴＥ

ＷＩＴＨＯＵＴＷＩＴＨＯＵＴ ＤＡＴＥＤＡＴＥ

ＲＥＳＥＴＲＥＳＥＴ ＡＬＬＡＬＬ

１００−０００１１００−０００１

 ４／２３２３／２００２００４  １２：００ ＡＭ  １２：００ ＡＭ

“u” appears on the
screen during
playback when the
image has specified
DPOF settings.

１００−０００１１００−０００１

ＹＥＳＹＥＳ ＮＯＮＯ

ＲＥＳＥＴ ＤＰＯＦ ＯＫ？ＲＥＳＥＴ ＤＰＯＦ ＯＫ？

HOW TO SPECIFY PRINT OPTIONS (FRAME SET/RESET

)

◆

When DPOF settings were specified on another camera

◆

u DPOF SET FRAME

PLAYBACK MENU

47

Advanced Features

3

4

1Press “d” or “c” to display the frame (file) for

which you want to specify DPOF settings.

2Press “a” or “b” to set a value up to 99 as the

number of copies of the frame (file) to be printed.
For frames (files) that you do not want printed,

set the number of prints to 0 (zero).
To specify more DPOF settings, repeat steps 1
and 2.

●

!

Prints of up to 999 image frames (files) can be ordered on the
same xD-Picture Card.

●

!

DPOF settings cannot be specified for movies.

5

Always press the “MENU/OK” button after the
settings are completed.

Pressing the “DISP/BACK” button cancels that
setting.

１００−０００２１００−０００２

０１０１ＳＨＥＥＴＳＳＨＥＥＴＳ

ＤＰＯＦ：００１１ＤＰＯＦ：００１１

ＳＥＴＳＥＴ

ＦＲＡＭＥＦＲＡＭＥ

01 02

To tal number of prints

１００−０００１１００−０００１

ＴＯＴＡＬ／ＴＯＴＡＬ／   １１   １１ＳＨＥＥＴＳＳＨＥＥＴＳ

ＤＰＯＦＤＰＯＦ

Pressing the “DISP/BACK” button during the
settings cancels all the new settings. If there were
previous DPOF settings, only the modifications are
cancelled.

◆

Canceling a frame

◆

To cancel the DPOF setting for a frame (file) you
have specified (cancel frame), perform steps

1 to 3

and then:
1Press “d” or “c” to select the frame (file) with

the DPOF setting you want to cancel.
2Set the number of prints to 0(zero).
To cancel the DPOF setting for another frame (file),
repeat steps 1 and 2.
Press the “MENU/OK” button to complete the
settings.

To tal number of prints

Setting for that frame

48

1

1Set the Power switch to “w”.
2Press the “MENU/OK” button to display the

menu on the screen.

01 02

3

1Press “a” or “b” to select “RESET ALL”.
2Press the “MENU/OK” button.

4

A message appears.
To reset all the DPOF settings, press the
“MENU/OK” button.

ＤＰＯＦＤＰＯＦ

ＷＩＴＨ ＤＡＴＥＷＩＴＨ ＤＡＴＥ

ＷＩＴＨＯＵＴ ＤＡＴＥＷＩＴＨＯＵＴ ＤＡＴＥ

ＲＥＳＥＴ ＡＬＬＲＥＳＥＴ ＡＬＬ

01 02

2

ＤＰＯＦＤＰＯＦ

ＷＩＴＨＷＩＴＨ ＤＡＴＥＤＡＴＥ

ＷＩＴＨＯＵＴＷＩＴＨＯＵＴ ＤＡＴＥＤＡＴＥ

ＲＥＳＥＴＲＥＳＥＴ ＡＬＬＡＬＬ

ＲＥＳＥＴ ＤＰＯＦ ＯＫ？ＲＥＳＥＴ ＤＰＯＦ ＯＫ？

１００−０００１１００−０００１

ＹＥＳＹＥＳ

ＮＯＮＯ

Press “d” or “c” to select “u” DPOF.

u DPOF SET FRAME (RESET ALL

)

PLAYBACK MENU

ＦＲＡＭＥＦＲＡＭＥ

ＰＲＯＴＥＣＴＰＲＯＴＥＣＴ

ＲＥＳＥＴＲＥＳＥＴ ＡＬＬＡＬＬ
ＳＥＴＳＥＴ ＡＬＬＡＬＬ

2

49

Advanced Features

3

１００−０００１１００−０００１

ＰＲＯＴＥＣＴＰＲＯＴＥＣＴ ＯＫ？ ＯＫ？

ＦＲＡＭＥＦＲＡＭＥ

ＹＥＳＹＥＳ

ＣＡＮＣＥＬＣＡＮＣＥＬ

01 02

ＦＲＡＭＥＦＲＡＭＥ

ＰＲＯＴＥＣＴＰＲＯＴＥＣＴ

ＲＥＳＥＴＲＥＳＥＴ ＡＬＬＡＬＬ
ＳＥＴＳＥＴ ＡＬＬＡＬＬ

01 02

1

1Set the Power switch to “w”.
2Press the “MENU/OK” button to display the

menu on the screen.

3

1Press “a” or “b” to select “FRAME”, “SET ALL”

or “RESET ALL”.

2Press “MENU/OK” button to confirm your

selection.

1Press “d” or “c” to select the frame (file) to be

protected.

2Press the “MENU/OK” button to protect the

frame (file) currently displayed.

To protect another frame (file), repeat steps 1 and

2. To finish protecting frames (files), press the
“DISP/BACK” button.

FRAME SET

01 02

i PROTECTING IMAGES: FRAME / SET ALL / RESET ALL

PLAYBACK MENU

Protection is a setting that prevents frames (files)
from being accidentally erased. However, the
“FORMAT” function erases all the frames (files),
including protected frames (files) (➡P.61).

Press “d” or “c” to select “i” PROTECT.

RESET ALL

Removes the protection from all the frames (files).

SET ALL

Protects all the frames (files).

FRAME

Protects or unprotects only the selected frame (file).

Continued

50

1Press “d” or “c” to select the protected frame

(file).

2Press the “MENU/OK” button to unprotect the

displayed frame (file).

FRAME RESET

Press the “MENU/OK” button to protect all the
frames (files).

SET ALL

Press the “MENU/OK” button to unprotect all the
frames (files).

RESET ALL

１００−０００１１００−０００１

ＲＥＳＥＴ ＡＬＬＲＥＳＥＴ ＡＬＬ

ＲＥＳＥＴ ＡＬＬ ＯＫ？ＲＥＳＥＴ ＡＬＬ ＯＫ？
    ＩＴ ＭＡＹ     ＩＴ ＭＡＹ 
ＴＡＫＥ Ａ ＷＨＩＬＥＴＡＫＥ Ａ ＷＨＩＬＥ

ＹＥＳＹＥＳ

ＣＡＮＣＥＬＣＡＮＣＥＬ

１００−０００１１００−０００１

ＳＥＴ ＡＬＬＳＥＴ ＡＬＬ

ＳＥＴ ＡＬＬ ＯＫ？ ＳＥＴ ＡＬＬ ＯＫ？
   ＩＴ ＭＡＹ    ＩＴ ＭＡＹ 
ＴＡＫＥ Ａ ＷＨＩＬＥＴＡＫＥ Ａ ＷＨＩＬＥ

ＹＥＳＹＥＳ

ＣＡＮＣＥＬＣＡＮＣＥＬ

１００−０００１１００−０００１

ＦＲＡＭＥＦＲＡＭＥ

ＵＮＰＲＯＴＥＣＴＵＮＰＲＯＴＥＣＴ ＯＫ？ＯＫ？

ＹＥＳＹＥＳ

ＣＡＮＣＥＬＣＡＮＣＥＬ

01 02

i PROTECTING IMAGES: FRAME / SET ALL / RESET ALL

PLAYBACK MENU

◆

To stop the procedure midway

◆

If the images are very large, protecting or
unprotecting all the frames (files) may take some
time.
If you want to take a picture or record a movie during
the procedure, press the “DISP/BACK” button. To
then return to protecting or unprotecting all the
frames (files), see the procedure on P.49 and begin
at step

1.

１００−０００１１００−０００１

ＳＥＴＳＥＴ ＡＬＬＡＬＬ

ＣＡＮＣＥＬＣＡＮＣＥＬ

51

Advanced Features

3

2

Press “d” or “c” to select “g” PLAYBACK.

1

1Set the Power switch to “w”.
2Press the “MENU/OK” button to display the menu

on the screen.

●

!

The Power save function does not operate during playback.

●

!

Movies start automatically. When the movie ends, the
playback function moves it on.

3

4

1Press “a” or “b” to select the playback interval

and the type of image transition.

2Press the “MENU/OK” button. The image frames

are advanced and played back.
To interrupt PLAYBACK, press the “a” button (or
“MENU/OK” button).

●

!

Press the “DISP/BACK” button once during playback to
display the playback frame number and on-screen help.

Press “d” or “c” to advance or go back through
the images.

ＰＬＡＹＢＡＣＫＰＬＡＹＢＡＣＫ

ＰＬＡＹＢＡＣＫＰＬＡＹＢＡＣＫ

01 02

g AUTOMATIC PLAYBACK

PLAYBACK MENU

01 02

52

Y TRIMMING

PLAYBACK MENU

2

1Press the “MENU/OK” button to display the

menu on the screen.

2Press “d” or “c” to select “Y” TRIMMING.
3Press the “MENU/OK” button.

02

3

1Press the “T (a )” or “W (b )” button during

single-frame playback to zoom in (enlarge) or
out on a still image. A zoom bar appears.

2Press “d” or “c” to display another part of the

image.

●

!

Press the “DISP/BACK” button to return to single-frame
playback.

01 02

4

1Press “a”, “b”, “d” or “c” to display another

area.
Press the “DISP/BACK” button to return to
playback zoom.

2Press the “MENU/OK” button to save the image.

01 02

ＳＥＴＳＥＴ

ＴＲＩＭＭＩＮＧＴＲＩＭＭＩＮＧ

ＣＡＮＣＥＬＣＡＮＣＥＬ

ＴＲＩＭＭＩＮＧＴＲＩＭＭＩＮＧ

Zoom bar

ＴＲＩＭＭＩＮＧＴＲＩＭＭＩＮＧ

ＹＥＳＹＥＳ

ＣＡＮＣＥＬＣＡＮＣＥＬ

1Set the Power switch to “w”.
2Press “d” or “c” to select the frame (file) for

which you want to trim.

1

01 03

Saved image size varies depending on the zoom
scale. Up to

` can be saved.

0201

53

Advanced Features

3

5

Check the saved image size and press the
“MENU/OK” button. The trimmed image is added
as a separate file in the final frame.

０．３Ｍ３Ｍ

ＲＥＣＲＥＣ ＯＫ？ＯＫ？

ＲＥＣＲＥＣ

ＣＡＮＣＥＬＣＡＮＣＥＬ

ＴＲＩＭＭＩＮＧＴＲＩＭＭＩＮＧ

2

1

■ Image Sizes

Printing at up to 4R / A6 size
Printing at up to 3R size

`

To use for e-mail or web site

54

ＳＴＡＮＤＢＹＳＴＡＮＤＢＹ

６０ｓ６０ｓ

Zoom bar

3

During movie recording, the lens is fixed at the
wide-angle zoom setting and only the digital zoom
can be used.
Press the “T (a)” or “W (b)” button to zoom in and
out. A zoom bar appears on the screen.

h Digital zoom focal length

(35 mm camera equivalent)

Approx. 39 mm-132.6 mm
Max. zoom scale: approx. 3.4×

h Focal range

Approx. 80 cm (2.6 ft.) to infinity

●

!

Pictures taken with the digital zoom have slightly lower image
quality. Choose the zoom mode that best suits the scene
being shot.

r RECORDING MOVIES

MOVIE MODE

2

Movies up to 60 seconds long (at the “$” setting) or 240 seconds long (at the “#” setting) can
be recorded.

h Specifications

Motion JPEG without sound

h Quality selection method

$ (320 × 240 pixels)
# (160 × 120 pixels)

h Frame rate: 10 frames per second

See P.95 for information on the frame rate.

●

!

See P.56. for information on changing the quality setting.

●

!

The available recording time for a movie may decrease
depending on the amount of free space on the xD-
Picture Card.

●

!

See P.94 for the available recording time with xD-Picture
Cards.

The available recording time and “`”
appear on the screen.

２００２００４． ４．２３２３

ＳＴＡＮＤＢＹＳＴＡＮＤＢＹ

 ６０ ６０ｓ

1

Set the Mode dial to “r”.

It may not be possible to playback your movies on other cameras.

55

Advanced Features

3

Press the shutter button down fully to start
recording.

●

!

The brightness and color of the screen shown during movie
recording may differ from those shown before recording
begins.

●

!

There is no need to hold down the shutter button.

4

A counter appears in the top-right corner of the
screen during recording. It shows the remaining
time.

●

!

When the remaining time runs out, recording ends and the
movie is saved onto the xD-Picture Card.

Press the shutter button during recording. Recording
ends and the movie is stored on the xD-Picture
Card.

●

!

If recording is stopped immediately after it begins, 1 second
of movie is recorded onto the xD-Picture Card.

 ５３ ５３ｓ

ＲＥＣ

ＲＥＣ

5

6

ＳＴＯＲＩＮＧＳＴＯＲＩＮＧ

Pressing the shutter button down fully fixes the
focus, but the exposure is adjusted for to the scene
being shot.

56

r RECORDING MOVIES

MOVIE MODE

1

1Press the “MENU/OK” button to display the

menu on the screen.

2Press “d” or “c” to select “y” QUALITY.

ＱＵＡＬＩＴＹＱＵＡＬＩＴＹ

１６０ｘ１２０１６０ｘ１２０

３２０ｘ２４０３２０ｘ２４０

01 02

2

2Press the “MENU/OK” button to confirm the

setting.

ＱＵＡＬＩＴＹＱＵＡＬＩＴＹ

１６０ｘ１２０１６０ｘ１２０

３２０ｘ２４０３２０ｘ２４０

01 02

1Press “a” or “b” to change the setting.

2 levels of quality can be selected. For better

image quality, select “$ ”, and for longer
photography time, select “#”.

y QUALITY SETTINGS IN MOVIE MODE

●

!

Set the Movie mode before selecting the quality setting
(➡P.54).

■ Recording times per movie

quality setting

$ (320×240)
# (160×120)

maximum shooting time

60 sec.

240 sec.

57

Advanced Features

3

１００−０００６１００−０００６

 ４／２３２３／２００２００４  １２：１５ ＡＭ  １２：１５ ＡＭ

ＰＬＡＹＰＬＡＹ

01 02

2

1Press “b” to play the movie.
2The playback time appears on the screen along

with a progress bar.

●

!

If the subject of the shot is very bright, white vertical streaks
may appear in the image during playback. This is normal.

０３０ｓ０３０ｓ

ＰＡＵＳＥＰＡＵＳＥＳＴＯＰＳＴＯＰ

Bar

01

02

PLAYING BACK MOVIES

PLAYBACK MODE

1

●

!

Movies cannot be played back using multi-frame playback.
Press the “DISP/BACK” button to select single-frame
playback.

1Set the Power switch to “w”.
2Press “d” or “c” to select the movie file.

Indicated by the “r” icon.

Movies are displayed one size smaller than still
images.

■ Playing back movies

Control Description

Playback

Playback begins.
Playback stops when the end of the movie is reached.

Pause/Resume

Pauses the movie during playback.
Press “b” again to resume playback.

Stop

Stops playback.
✽ Press “d” or “c” while playback is stopped to go back to the

previous file or advance to the next file respectively.

Fast forward/Rewind

Press “d” or “c” during playback to skip forwards or backwards
through the movie.

Skip playback

Press “d” or “c” when the movie is paused, the movie advances
or goes back one frame.
Hold down “d” or “c” to move through the frames quickly.

When paused

Rewind Fast forward

◆

Playing movie files

◆

i You may not be able to play back some movie files recorded on other cameras.
i To play back movie files on a PC, save the movie file on the xD-Picture Card to the PC’s hard disk

and then play back the saved file.

4 Settings

58

ＳＥＴ−ＵＰＳＥＴ−ＵＰ

ＯＰＴＩＯＮＯＰＴＩＯＮ

ＥＶＦ／ＬＣＤＥＶＦ／ＬＣＤ

1Press “d” or “c ” to select “F” OPTION and

then press “a” or “b” to select “fi EVF/LCD”.

2Press the “MENU/OK” button.

2

1Press “d ” or “c ” to adjust the screen

brightness.

2Press the “MENU/OK” button to confirm the new

setting.

3

＋−

ＢＲＩＧＨＴＮＥＳＳＢＲＩＧＨＴＮＥＳＳ

ＳＥＴＳＥＴ

ＣＡＮＣＥＬＣＡＮＣＥＬ

●

!

To end this procedure without changing the settings, press
the “DISP/BACK” button.

01

02

01

02

1

1Set the Power switch to “q” or “w”.
2Press the “MENU/OK” button to display the

menu on the screen.

●

!

The monitor brightness specified here remains valid until the
setting is changed again. This setting applies to both
photography and playback, and can be used to change the
monitor brightness in both modes.

fi ADJUSTING EVF / LCD

(

THE MONITOR BRIGHTNESS

)

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SET-UP

F USING THE SET-UP SCREEN

●

!

Always turn the camera off when replacing the batteries.
Opening the battery cover or disconnecting the AC power
adapter without turning the camera off may cause the camera
settings to revert to the factory default values set at shipment.

1Press the “MENU/OK” button to display the

menu on the screen.
2Press “d” or “c ” to select “F” OPTION and

then press “a” or “b” to select “SET-UP”.
3Press the “MENU/OK” button to display the

SET-UP screen.

Press “d” or “c” to move to options 1 to 3.

After you have changed the settings, press the
“MENU/OK” button to confirm the changes.

1Press “a” or “b” to select a menu option.
2Press “d” or “c” to change the setting. Press

“c ” for “FORMAT”, “DATE/TIME”, “TIME

DIFFERENCE”, “DISCHARGE” or “q RESET”.

3

4

ＳＥＴＳＥＴ

ＣＡＮＣＥＬＣＡＮＣＥＬ

ＰＯＷＥＲＰＯＷＥＲ ＳＡＶＥＳＡＶＥ

：２：２ ＭＩＮＭＩＮ

ＦＯＲＭＡＴＦＯＲＭＡＴ

：ＯＫＯＫ

ＳＥＴ−ＵＰＳＥＴ−ＵＰ

 ＯＮ ＯＮ

：ＬＯＷ：ＬＯＷ

ＩＭＡＧＥＩＭＡＧＥ ＤＩＳＰ．ＤＩＳＰ．

ＢＥＥＰＢＥＥＰ

３２

１

01

02

ＳＥＴ−ＵＰＳＥＴ−ＵＰ

ＯＰＴＩＯＮＯＰＴＩＯＮ

ＥＶＦ／ＬＣＤＥＶＦ／ＬＣＤ

01

0203

1

2

ＳＥＴＳＥＴ

ＣＡＮＣＥＬＣＡＮＣＥＬ

ＰＯＷＥＲＰＯＷＥＲ ＳＡＶＥＳＡＶＥ

：２：２ ＭＩＮＭＩＮ

ＦＯＲＭＡＴＦＯＲＭＡＴ

：ＯＫＯＫ

ＳＥＴ−ＵＰＳＥＴ−ＵＰ

：ＯＮ：ＯＮ

：ＬＯＷ：ＬＯＷ

ＩＭＡＧＥＩＭＡＧＥ ＤＩＳＰ．ＤＩＳＰ．

ＢＥＥＰＢＥＥＰ

３２

１

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SET-UP

■ SET-UP menu options

IMAGE DISP.

1

2

3

ON/OFF ON

Specifies whether the preview images (the photographed
images) are displayed after taking a picture.
The image appears for a few moments and is then recorded.

POWER SAVE

2 MIN/5 MIN 2 MIN

Reduces the camera’s power consumption and
subsequently turns the camera off when not being used.

FORMAT OK – Erases all files.

§ BEEP

LOW/HIGH/OFF LOW

Sets the volume of the tone emitted when the camera

controls are used.
DATE/TIME SET – Corrects the date or time.
TIME

DIFFERENCE

SET – Specifies the time difference settings.

FRAME NO. CONT./RENEW CONT.

Specifies whether frame numbers are assigned

consecutively from previous numbers or begin again.

USB MODE

¶/qWEB/®

¶

This mode provides a simple way to read images
from an xD-Picture Card and store images onto an
xD-Picture Card.

This function allows you to conduct videoconferencing
sessions between PCs connected to the Internet.

✽ Windows SP1 only

If a printer that supports PictBridge is available,
images can be printed by connecting the camera
directly to the PictBridge-compatible printer without
using a PC.

¶

qWEB

®

ENGLISH

Specifies the language used for screen display.

VIDEO SYSTEM

NTSC/PAL – Specifies whether video output is set to NTSC or PAL.

qRESET

OK –

Resets all the camera settings (other than the DATE/TIME,

TIME DIFFERENCE, LANG. and VIDEO SYSTEM) to the

factory default values set at shipment. A confirmation

message appears when you press “c”. To reset the camera

settings, press the “MENU/OK” button again.

DISCHARGE OK – Discharges rechargeable batteries.

Settings Display

Factory default

Explanation

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62

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Settings

4

FORMAT

Initialize (format) the xD-Picture Card for use with
the camera.
Because initializing the xD-Picture Card erases all
the frames (files), including protected frames (files).
Back up important frames (files) onto your PC or
another media.

1Press “d” or “c” to select “OK”.
2Pressing the “MENU/OK” button erases all the

frames (files) and initializes the xD-Picture
Card.

●

!

If “7 ”, “w ”, “0 ” or
“

-” appears, see P.89, 90 for information

before formatting the xD-Picture Card.

ＳＥＴＳＥＴ

ＣＡＮＣＥＬＣＡＮＣＥＬ

ＰＯＷＥＲＰＯＷＥＲ ＳＡＶＥＳＡＶＥ

 ２ ＭＩＮＭＩＮ

ＦＯＲＭＡＴＦＯＲＭＡＴ

：ＯＫＯＫ

ＳＥＴ−ＵＰＳＥＴ−ＵＰ

：ＯＮ：ＯＮ

：ＬＯＷ：ＬＯＷ

ＩＭＡＧＥＩＭＡＧＥ ＤＩＳＰ．ＤＩＳＰ．

ＢＥＥＰＢＥＥＰ

３２

１

When this function is enabled and the camera is
not used for 60 seconds, the screen temporarily
turns off (sleep mode) and the indicator lamp blinks
at 1-second intervals to save power. If the camera
remains unused for 2 or 5 minutes, it is turned off.
Use this function when you want to get the
maximum possible running time from your
batteries.

●

!

The Power save setting is disabled during automatic
playback, during rechargeable battery discharging and when
a USB connection is being used.

POWER SAVE SETTING

When the camera is in sleep mode, pressing the
shutter button down halfway wakes the camera up.
This is useful since the camera can be ready to
take pictures almost instantly.

●

!

Pressing any other button as well as the shutter button wakes
the camera up.

The Sleep function does not operate in SET-UP or Playback mode, but the camera will turn off if it
is left unused for a set time (2 or 5 minutes).

◆

To restore power to the camera

◆

When the Auto power off function has shut the
camera down (after 2 or 5 minutes):

1 Set the Power switch to “OFF”.
2 Set the Power switch back to “

q” or “w”.

01 02

ＦＯＲＭＡＴＦＯＲＭＡＴ

ＦＯＲＭＡＴ ＯＫ？   ＦＯＲＭＡＴ ＯＫ？

 ＥＲＡＳＥ ＡＬＬ ＤＡＴＡ

 ＥＲＡＳＥ ＡＬＬ ＤＡＴＡ

ＯＫＯＫ ＣＡＮＣＥＬＣＡＮＣＥＬ

ＳＥＴＳＥＴ

01

02

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SET-UP

1Press “a” or “b” to select “TIME DIFFERENCE”.
2Press “c”.

WORLD TIME (TIME DIFFERENCE

)

This function sets a time difference relative to the date and time currently set. When this setting is
enabled, the specified time difference is applied when pictures are taken.
Use this function when traveling to destinations in different time zones.

1

2

Press “d” or “c” to change between “å HOME”
and “ß LOCAL”.
To set the time difference, select “ß LOCAL”.

å HOME: Your home time zone
ß LOCAL: Your destination time zone

1Press “d” or “c” to select +/–, hour and minute.
2Press “a” or “b” to correct the setting.

h Available time settings

–23:45 to +23:45 (in 15-minute increments)

01 02

3

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ＣＡＮＣＥＬＣＡＮＣＥＬ

ＳＥＴＳＥＴ

ＴＩＭＥ ＤＩＦＦＥＲＥＮＣＥＴＩＭＥ ＤＩＦＦＥＲＥＮＣＥ

ＨＯＭＥＨＯＭＥＬＯＣＡＴＩＯＮＬＯＣＡＴＩＯＮ

ＴＩＭＥ ＤＩＦＦＥＲＥＮＴＩＭＥ ＤＩＦＦＥＲＥＮＣＥＣＥ

 ４／２３／２００２３／２００４  １０：３０ ＡＭ  １０：３０ ＡＭ

ＳＥＴＳＥＴ

ＣＡＮＣＥＬＣＡＮＣＥＬ

ＳＥＴＳＥＴ

ＴＩＭＥ ＤＩＦＦＥＲＥＮＣＥＴＩＭＥ ＤＩＦＦＥＲＥＮＣＥ

ＬＯＣＡＬＬＯＣＡＬ

ＬＯＣＡＴＩＯＮＬＯＣＡＴＩＯＮ

ＴＩＭＥ ＤＩＦＦＥＲＥＮＴＩＭＥ ＤＩＦＦＥＲＥＮＣＥ

４／２３／２００２３／２００４  １０：３０ ＡＭ  １０：３０ ＡＭ

01 02

ＳＥＴＳＥＴ

ＣＡＮＣＥＬＣＡＮＣＥＬ

ＴＩＭＥ ＤＩＦＦＥＲＥＮＣＥＴＩＭＥ ＤＩＦＦＥＲＥＮＣＥ

＋

   ００  ：     ００  ：  ００００ 

４／２３／２００

２３／２００４  １０：３０ ＡＭ  １０：３０ ＡＭ

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4

FRAME NO.

Specifies whether frame numbers are assigned
consecutively from previous numbers or begin
again.
CONT.: Pictures are stored beginning from the

highest file number stored on the last xD-

Picture Card used.

RENEW: Pictures are stored on each xD-Picture

Card beginning with a file number “0001”.

Setting this function to “CONT.” makes file
management easier as it makes sure that file
names are not duplicated when images are
downloaded to a PC.

●

!

When the camera settings are “q RESET”, the frame
number setting (“CONT.” or “RENEW”) is changed to
“CONT.” and the frame number itself does not return to
“0001”.

●

!

When the xD-Picture Card already contains image files with
file numbers higher than the highest file number on the last
xD-Picture Card, images are stored beginning from the
highest file number on the current xD-Picture Card.

Check the file number by viewing the image. The
last 4 digits of the 7-digit number in the top right
corner of the screen are the file numbers, while the
first 3 digits show the directory number.

●

!

When changing the xD-Picture Card, always turn the
camera off before opening the battery cover. Opening the
battery cover without turning the camera off may cause the
frame number memory to not function.

●

!

File number runs from 0001 to 9999. Once 9999 is exceeded,
the directory number changes from 100 to 101. The
maximum number is 999–9999.

●

!

The displayed frame number may differ for images
photographed on other cameras.

●

!

When “t” appears, see P.89.

File number

Directory number

Frame number

１００−９９９９１００−９９９９

 ４／２３２３／２００２００４   ３：００ ＰＭ   ３：００ ＰＭ

4

Always press the “MENU/OK” button after the
settings are completed.

5

When the Photography mode is selected with world
time set, “ß” appears on the screen for 3 seconds.

 ４／２３２３／２００２００４

   １６   １６Ｎ

CONT. RENEW

AA

BB

Formatted xD-Picture Card used for
both A and B.

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Pre-installation checklist

To run this software, you must have the hardware and software described below. Check your
system before you begin the installation.

✽1 Models with one of the above operating systems pre-installed.
✽2 When you install the software, log in using a system administrator account (e.g. “Administrator”).
✽3 Required to use the FinePix Internet Service. The software can still be installed even if you do not have an Internet

connection.

Operating System

✽1

CPU

Windows 98 (including the Second Edition)
Windows Millennium Edition (Windows Me)
Windows 2000 Professional

✽2

Windows XP Home Edition

✽2

Windows XP Professional

✽2

200 MHz Pentium or better recommended (800 MHz Pentium

III

or better

recommended for Windows XP)

RAM

64 MB minimum (128 MB minimum for Windows XP),
256 MB or better recommended

Hard disk space

Amount required for installation: 450 MB minimum
Amount required for operation: 600 MB minimum
(When using ImageMixer VCD2 for FinePix: 2 GB or better)

Display

800 × 600 pixels or better, 16-bit color or better
(When using ImageMixer VCD2 for FinePix:

1024 × 768

or better)

Internet connection

✽3

i To use the FinePix Internet Service or mail attachment function:

An Internet connection and e-mail transmission software

i Connection speed: 56 k or better recommended

5.1 INSTALLATION ON A Windows PC

5

Software
Installation

◆

Notes

◆

i Connect the camera directly to the PC using the USB cable (included). The software may not operate

correctly when you use an extension cable or connect the camera via a USB hub.

i When your PC has more than one USB port, the camera can be connected to either port.
i Push the USB connector fully into the socket to ensure that it is securely connected. The software

may not operate correctly if the connection is faulty.

i Additional USB interface board is not guaranteed.
i Windows 95 and Windows NT cannot be used.
i Operation is not guaranteed on home-built PCs or on PCs running updated operating system

software.

i When you reinstall or remove FinePixViewer, the Internet menu and your user ID and password for

the FinePix Internet Service are deleted from your PC. Click the [Register now] button, enter your
registered user ID and password and download the menu again.

i To use Video Chat, a PC running Windows XP Professional (Service Pack 1) or Windows XP Home

Edition (Service Pack 1) is required with a sound card, a connected microphone and speakers, and
Windows Messenger 5.0 or later installed. When using a router, check that the router is compatible
with Windows Messenger.

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5

1

Install FinePixViewer as instructed in the Quick start guide.

2

After restarting the PC, install DirectX as directed by the on-screen instructions and then restart
your PC again. If the latest version of DirectX is already installed on your PC, this installation is
not performed.

●

!

If the latest version is already installed, this window does not appear.

●

!

Do not remove the CD-ROM during this procedure.

4

After restarting the PC, a message appears stating “Installation of the FinePixViewer has been
completed”.

3

After restarting, the USB Video Class driver would
be installed.

●

!

If the latest version is already installed, this window does not
appear.

●

!

The driver is only installed on Windows XP SP 1.

Do not connect the camera to your PC until the software installation is completed.

◆

Launching the installer manually

◆

1 Double-click the “My Computer” icon.

✽ Windows XP users should click “My Computer” in the “Start” menu.

2 Right-click “FINEPIX” (CD-ROM drive) in the “My Computer” window and select “Open”.
3 Double-click “SETUP” or “SETUP.exe” in the CD-ROM window.

◆

Installing other applications

◆

You may see messages for installing, ImageMixer VCD2 for FinePix and WINASPI. Install these
applications as directed by the on-screen instructions. The installation screens for these applications
are displayed as required.

✽ The way file names are displayed differs as described below depending on your PC settings.

i File extensions (3-letter suffixes indicating the file type) may be shown or hidden. (e.g. Setup.exe or Setup)
i Text may be shown normally or all in uppercase (e.g. Setup or SETUP).

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5.2 INSTALLATION ON A Mac OS 9.2

Pre-installation checklist

To run this software, you must have the hardware and software described below. Check your
system before you begin the installation.

Compatible Mac

Power Macintosh G3

✽1

, PowerBook G3✽1,
Power Macintosh G4, iMac, iBook,
Power Macintosh G4 Cube or PowerBook G4

Operating System

Mac OS 9.2.2

✽2

RAM

64 MB minimum

✽3

256 MB or better recommended
(When using ImageMixer VCD2 for FinePix: 128 MB or better)

Hard disk space

Amount required for installation: 400 MB minimum
Amount required for operation: 600 MB minimum
(When using ImageMixer VCD2 for FinePix: 2 GB or better)

Display

800 × 600 pixels or better, at least 32,000 colors
(When using ImageMixer VCD2 for FinePix:

1024 × 768

or better)

Internet connection

✽4

i To use the FinePix Internet Service or mail attachment function

An Internet connection and e-mail transmission software is needed

i Connection speed: 56 k or better recommended

✽1 Models with a USB port as a standard feature
✽2 This software does not run correctly in the Mac OS X Classic environment.
✽3 Turn virtual memory on if necessary.
✽4 Required to use the FinePix Internet Service. The software can still be installed even if you do not have an Internet

connection.

◆

Notes

◆

i Connect the camera directly to the Macintosh using the USB cable (included). The software may not

operate correctly if you use an extension cable or connect the camera via a USB hub.

i Push the USB connector fully into the socket to ensure that it is securely connected. The software

may not operate correctly if the connection is faulty.

i Additional USB interface board is not guaranteed.
i On Macintosh PCs, allocate at least 400 MB of virtual memory when RAW FILE CONVERTER LE is

used. If other applications will be used at the same time, allocate the additional amount required for
those applications also.

1

Turn on your Macintosh and start up Mac OS 9.2.2.

●

!

Do not connect the camera to your Macintosh until the software installation is completed.

3

When the bundled CD-ROM is loaded into the CD-ROM drive, the [FinePix] volume appears.
Double-click the volume icon to open the volume window.

Double-click “Installer for MacOS9” to launch the Installer.

2

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5

2Click the [Save] button.

4

The Installer setup screen appears. Click the
[Installing FinePixViewer] button.

●

!

For more information on what is installed, click the [Read Me
First] button and [Using FinePixViewer] button.

7

Select the installation destination for FinePixViewer.
1Click the [Open] button to open the installation

destination folder.

5

A confirmation message appears asking whether you want to continue with the installation.
Click the [OK] button.

6

The User License Agreement for this software appears. Read the agreement carefully and
then, if you agree to the terms of the Agreement, click the [Agree] button. If you click the
[Disagree] button, the software is not installed.

8

Install ImageMixer VCD2 for FinePix as directed by the on-screen instructions.

Continued

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5.2 INSTALLATION ON A Mac OS 9.2

10

To install Acrobat Reader, click “Install Acrobat Reader”.

●

!

Install Adobe Systems’ Acrobat Reader software to read the FinePixViewer User’s Guide (PDF).
If the latest version already has been installed, this step is not required.

11

Proceed with the installation as directed by the on-screen instructions.

9

After restarting the Macintosh, the “FinePixViewer
installation completed” message appears. Click
“Using FinePixViewer” to view the basic
FinePixViewer functions.

◆

To install Acrobat Reader later...

◆

1 Double-click the “FinePix” CD-ROM to open the CD-ROM window.
2 Double-click “FinePixViewer for MacOS9” ➡ “Acrobat Reader” ➡ “English” folder.
3 Double-click “English Reader Installer”.
4 Proceed with the installation as directed by the on-screen instructions.

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5.3 INSTALLATION ON A Mac OS X

Pre-installation checklist

To run this software, you must have the hardware and software described below. Check your
system before you begin the installation.

Compatible Mac

Power Macintosh G3

✽1

, PowerBook G3✽1,
Power Macintosh G4, iMac, iBook,
Power Macintosh G4 Cube, or PowerBook G4, Power Macintosh G5

Operating System

Mac OS X (compatible with version 10.2.6 to 10.3.3)

RAM

192 MB minimum
256 MB or better recommended

Hard disk space

Amount required for installation: 200 MB minimum
Amount required for operation: 400 MB minimum
(When using ImageMixer VCD2 for FinePix: 2 GB or better)

Display

800 × 600 pixels or better, at least 32,000 colors
(When using ImageMixer VCD2 for FinePix:

1024 × 768

or better)

Internet connection

✽2

i To use the FinePix Internet Service or mail attachment function

An Internet connection and e-mail transmission software

i Connection speed: 56 k or better recommended

■ Hardware and software requirements

✽1 Models with a USB port as a standard feature
✽2 Required to use the FinePix Internet Service. The software can still be installed even if you do not have an Internet

connection.

◆

Notes

◆

i Connect the camera directly to the Macintosh using the USB cable (included). The software may not

operate correctly if you use an extension cable or connect the camera via a USB hub.

i Push the USB connector fully into the socket to ensure that it is securely connected. The software

may not operate correctly if the connection is faulty.

i Additional USB interface board is not guaranteed.
i On Macintosh PCs, allocate at least 400 MB of virtual memory when RAW FILE CONVERTER LE is

used. If other applications will be used at the same time, allocate the additional amount required for
those applications also.

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5.3 INSTALLATION ON A Mac OS X

1

Turn your Macintosh on and start up Mac OS X. Do not launch any other applications.

2

When the bundled CD-ROM is loaded into the CD­ROM drive, the “FinePix” icon appears. Double-click
the “FinePix” icon to open the “FinePix” volume
window.

3

Double-click “Installer for MacOS X”.

5

The “Authenticate” dialog appears.
Enter the name and password for the administrator account and then click the [OK] button.

✽

✽The administrator account is the user account used for Mac OS X installation and you can

confirm the user account in the Accounts dialog in the System Preferences.

4

The Installer setup dialog appears. Click the
[Installing FinePixViewer] button.

●

!

For more information on what is installed, click the [Read Me
First] button and [Using FinePixViewer] button.

The “License” dialog appears. Read the agreement carefully and then, if you agree to the terms
of the Agreement, click the [Accept] button.

7

The “Read me” dialog appears. Click the [Continue] button.

6

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10

The “FinePixViewer installation completed” message dialog appears. Then click exit button and
close it.

11

Launch “Image Capture” from the “Applications” folder.

12

Change the Image Capture settings.
Select “Preferenes...” from the “Image Capture”
menu.

14

Select “FPVBridge” from “FinePixViewer” folder in
the “Applications” folder and click the [Open] button.

15

Select “Quit Image Capture” menu in the “Image Capture” menu.

8

The “FinePixInstallOSX” window appears.
Click the [Install] button to install FinePixViewer and RAW FILE CONVERTER LE.

9

The ImageMixer VCD2 installer automatically starts up and a window showing the installation
progress appears. (Installation may take several minutes.)

13

Select “Other...” from “When a camera is connected, open”.

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1

DC IN 5V socket

VIDEO OUT
(Video output )
socket

6.1.2 Connecting to a TV

Turn off the camera and TV. Plug the Video cable
(included) into the “VIDEO OUT” (video output)
socket.

6.1.1 Using the AC Power adapter (sold separately

)

Always use a FUJIFILM AC Power Adapter AC-5VH/AC-5VHS (➡P.83).
Use the AC power adapter to avoid losing power at inconvenient times, such as when downloading
photographed images to your PC. You can take pictures and play back images without worrying
about depleting the batteries.

●

!

See P.86 for notes on using the AC power adapter.

●

!

Only connect or disconnect the AC power adapter when the camera is off.
Connecting or disconnecting the AC power adapter while the camera is turned on temporarily interrupts the power supply
to the camera, so that images or movies being shot are not recorded. Failing to turn the camera off first can also result in
damage to the xD-Picture Card or malfunctions during PC connection.

●

!

When there is a power outlet available, connect the AC
Power Adapter AC-5V.

2

To video
input socket

Plug the other end of the cable into the video input
socket on the TV. Then turn the camera and TV on
and take pictures or play back images as you
would normally.

●

!

Refer to the instructions provided with your TV for more
information on video input for your TV.

●

!

The image quality for movie playback is lower than for still
images.

AC-5V
(Sold separately)

DC IN 5V socket

Check that the camera is off. Plug the AC power
adapter connector into the “DC IN 5V” socket and
then plug the AC power adapter into the power
outlet.

●

!

The socket-outlet shall be installed near the equipment and
shall be easily accessible.

●

!

The shape of the plug and socket-outlet depends on the
country of use.

Do not connect the AC power adapter to charge the AA-size Ni-MH (nickel-metal hydride) batteries.
Use the optional charger (➡P.83) to charge the AA-size Ni-MH batteries.

6.1 CAMERA CONNECTION

6

Viewing
Images

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Viewing Images

6

6.2

CONNECTING THE CAMERA DIRECTLY TO THE PRINTER
—

PictBridge FUNCTION

When a printer that supports PictBridge is available, images can be printed by connecting the
camera directly to the PictBridge-compatible printer without using a PC.

6.2.1

Specifying images for printing on the camera

4

1Press “a” or “b” to select “u PRINT DPOF”.
2Press the “MENU/OK” button.

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!

When

“

d ”

appears, the DPOF settings are

not specified.

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!

To use DPOF printing, the DPOF settings must be specified
on FinePix S3100 / FinePix S3500 beforehand (➡P.46).

●

!

Even when “WITH DATE” is specified in the DPOF settings,
the date is not inserted from printers that do not support date
printing.

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2

Select “®” in “USB MODE” in the “SET-UP”
menu (➡P.59).

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!

Do not connect to a PC when the USB mode setting is set to
“

®”. See P.92 if you connect to PC by mistake.

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1

1Connect the camera to the printer using the USB

cable (included).

2Turn the printer on.

3

Set the Power switch to “w”.
“

s

” appears and then the menu is

displayed on the screen.

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!

If the menu does not appear, check whether the USB mode
setting is

“®”.

●

!

Depending on the printer, some functions are disabled.

●

!

The camera cannot be used to specify printer settings such
as the paper size and print quality.

●

!

Please connect the AC Power Adapter AC-5VH/AC-5VHS
(sold separately) to your camera.

●

!

Use an xD-Picture Card that was formatted on the camera.

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AC-5V
(Sold separately)

(USB) socket

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— PictBridge FUNCTION

5

Press the “MENU/OK” button to download the data
to the printer and print the frames specified in the
DPOF settings.

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!

Press the “DISP/BACK” button to cancel the printing.
Depending on the printer, the printing may not be canceled
immediately. Printing may stop midway through. When
printing stops midway, briefly turn the camera off and then on
again.

6.2.2 Specifying images for printing without using DPOF single-frame printing

AC-5V
(Sold separately)

(USB) socket

2

Select “®” in “USB MODE” in the “SET-UP”
menu (➡P.59).

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!

Do not connect to a PC when the USB mode setting is set to
“

®”. See P.92 if you connect to PC by mistake.

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1

1Connect the camera to the printer using the USB

cable (included).

2Turn the printer on.

●

!

The camera cannot be used to specify printer settings such
as the paper size and print quality.

●

!

Please connect the AC Power Adapter AC-5VH/AC-5VHS
(sold separately) to your camera.

●

!

Use an xD-Picture Card that was formatted on the camera.

3

Set the Power switch to “w”.
“

s

” appears and then the menu is

displayed on the screen.

●

!

If the menu does not appear, check whether the USB mode
setting is

“®”.

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!

Depending on the printer, some functions are disabled.

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!

“PRINT WITH DATE” is not available when the camera is
connected to a printer that does not support date printing.

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!

Press the “DISP/BACK” button to cancel the printing.
Depending on the printer, the printing may not be canceled
immediately. Printing may stop midway through. When
printing stops midway, briefly turn the camera off and then on
again.

6

Press the “MENU/OK” button to download the data
to the printer and start printing the specified
number of prints.
To end printing, press the “DISP/BACK” button.

4

1Press “a” or “b” to select “PRINT WITH DATE”

or “PRINT WITHOUT DATE”. If “PRINT WITH
DATE” is selected, the date is imprinted on your
prints.

2Press the “MENU/OK” button.

01 02

1Check that “f” is not displayed on the

camera’s screen.

2Turn the camera off. Unplug the USB cable.

◆ Disconnecting the printer ◆

AC-5V
(Sold separately)

(USB) socket

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ＰＩＣＴＢＲＩＤＧＥＰＩＣＴＢＲＩＤＧＥ

ＰＲＩＮＴＰＲＩＮＴ ＤＰＯＦＤＰＯＦ

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!

Movie images cannot be printed.

5

1Press “d” or “c” to display the frame (file) for

which you want to specify PRINT settings.

2Press “a” or “b” to set a value up to 99 as the

number of copies of the frame (file) to be printed.
For frames (files) that you do not want printed,

set the number of prints to 0 (zero).
To specify more PRINT settings, repeat steps 1
and 2.
3Always press the “MENU/OK” button after the

settings are completed.

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6.3 CONNECTING TO A PC

The “Connecting to a PC” section explains how to connect the camera to your PC using the USB
cable (included) and describes the functions you can use once the camera and PC are connected.

If the power cuts out during data transmission, the data will not be transmitted correctly. Always use the
AC power adapter when connecting the camera to a PC.

Refer to Section 5 the first time you connect the camera to your PC.

Install the software first. Do not connect the camera with the PC before
installing all the software.

This mode provides a simple way to read images from an xD-Picture Card and store images onto
an xD-Picture Card (➡P.77).

CD-ROM

(Software for FinePix AX)

¶

DSC (Mass storage device)mode

6.3.1

Connecting to a PC

This function allows you to conduct videoconferencing sessions between PCs connected to the
Internet.

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!

The WEB Camera function can only be used on Windows XP SP1.

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!

Microsoft Windows Messenger 5.0 or later is required to use the WEB Camera function.
For downloading and using this software, please refer to the below explanation for “Using video chat with Windows
Messenger” No.i.
Please download it from the Messenger web site.

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!

Images are not output to a TV.
When using Video Chat with the WEB Camera function, Windows XP SP1 is required also for your partner’s OS.

Change between “¶” and “q WEB” in the camera’s SET-UP screen.

q

WEB

WEB CAM (Web Camera)mode

◆ Using Video Chat with Windows Messenger ◆

Connecting camera to a PC

q Plug the AC power adapter connector into the “DC IN 5V” socket on the camera and then plug the

adapter into the power outlet.

w Turn the camera on in Photography mode (➡P.13, 20).
e Set the “USB MODE” setting in the “SET-UP” menu to “

q WEB” (➡P.59).

r Turn the camera off (➡P.13).
t Turn your PC on.
y Use the USB cable to connect the camera to your PC.
u Turn the camera on in Photography mode (➡P.13, 20).
i Using Video Chat with Windows Messenger, refer to “How to use FinePixViewer” in the HELP menu

which was installed from the CD-ROM.

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!

Take care to make sure that the USB cable is connected the correct way around and that the plugs are pushed
fully into the connection sockets.

h “h” appears on the LCD monitor.
h Power save and Auto power off are disabled during USB connection.

Disconnecting the Camera

q Quit all applications (FinePixViewer etc.) that are using the camera.
w Turn the camera off (➡P.13).
e Unplug the USB cable from the camera.

PC

USB socket

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h When the camera and PC are exchanging data,

the self-timer lamp blinks and the indicator lamp
blinks alternately green and orange.

h “g” appears on the screen.
h Power save and Auto power off are disabled

during USB connection.

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!

Before replacing the xD-Picture Card, always disconnect the
camera from the PC using the procedure on P.79.

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!

Do not disconnect the USB cable when the camera is
communicating with the PC. See P.

79

for information on the

disconnection procedure.

1Insert an xD-Picture Card into the camera.
2Set the Power switch to turn the camera on.
3Select “¶” in “USB MODE” in the “SET-UP”

menu (➡P.59).

4Set the Power switch to turn the camera off.

1Turn your PC on.
2Connect the camera to the PC using the USB

cable (included).
3Turn the camera on.

USE AT DSC MODE

01

03

02 04

(USB)
socket

DC IN 5V
socket

Camera

1

Set a camera

2

Connect a camera to a PC

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Make sure that the USB cable (included) is connected
correctly and pushed in.

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!

Use the AC Power Adapter AC-5VH/AC-5VHS (sold separately)
for the connection (➡P.83). If shutting off power supply during
communication, the files on the xD-Picture Card may be
damaged.

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6.3 CONNECTING TO A PC

Windows XP

1The “Found New Hardware” help message

appears in the bottom-right corner of your screen.
This message will close when the settings are
completed. No action is required.

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!

This step is not required for subsequent connections.

Proceed to “USING FinePixViewer” on P.80.

◆

Regarding the icons

◆

The next time you connect the camera, the removable disk drive icon and name change to the
“FinePix” icon and name.

2Specify the settings in the “AutoPlay” dialog box.
h When FinePixViewer is included in the list of actions to perform

Select “Viewing images using FinePixViewer” and then select the “Always do the selected
action” checkbox. This checkbox may not be shown in some cases.
Click the [OK] button to launch FinePixViewer.

h When FinePixViewer is not included in the list of actions to perform

Select “Take no action” and then select the “Always do the selected action” checkbox. This
checkbox may not be shown in some cases.
Click the [OK] button and launch FinePixViewer manually.

3A new removable disk icon appears in the “My Computer” window.

FinePixViewer automatically starts up and the Save Image Wizard window (Save Image
dialog box) appears. Follow the instructions provided on screen to save the images at this
point. To proceed without saving the images, click the [Cancel] button.

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!

The Windows CD-ROM may also be required during installation. In this event, change CD-ROMs as directed by the
on-screen instructions.

h FinePixViewer automatically starts up and the

Save Image Wizard window (Save Image
dialog box) appears. Follow the instructions
provided on screen to save the images at this
point. To proceed without saving the images,
click the [Cancel] button.

✽ Screen for Windows 98 SE

Windows 98 / 98 SE / Me / 2000 Professional / Macintosh

h A removable disk icon appears and you can use

your PC to transfer files to and from the camera.

Windows Macintosh

If the above operations do not occur, you do not have the required software programs or drivers installed
on your PC. Complete the required PC setup procedures. Then reconnect the camera to your PC.

3

Set a PC

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(USB)
socket

DC IN 5V
socket

2

1When the “It is now safe to disconnect the

camera” message appears, click the [OK] button

and disconnect the camera.

2Turn the camera off.
3Unplug the USB cable (included) from the

camera.

6.3.2 Disconnecting the camera

1

Windows

Once the image has been saved, the “Remove Camera/Media” window appears (Save Image
Wizard Windows). To disconnect the camera, click the [Remove] button.

Macintosh

Once the image has been saved, the “Remove camera/media” window appears (Save Image
dialog box). To disconnect the camera, click the [OK] button.

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6.4 USING FinePixViewer

For all information on FinePixViewer functions, refer to “How to Use FinePixViewer” in the Help
menu for details.

■ Example: Looking up slide shows

1Click “How to Use FinePixViewer” in the FinePixViewer Help menu.
2Click “Basic Operation” and then click “Basic Slide Show Operations” in the menu that appears.
3The “Basic Slide Show Operations” information appears. Press the “<<<” key to view the

previous page or the “>>>” key to view the next page.

6.4.1 Mastering FinePixViewer

Only perform this operation when you no longer require the installed software or when the software
was not installed correctly.

1Check that the camera is not connected to the PC.
2Quit all currently running applications.
3Open the “My Computer” window, open the “Control Panel”,

and double-click on “Add/Remove Programs”.

6.4.2 Uninstalling the software

Windows

◆

Macintosh

◆

h To read “How to Use FinePixViewer”...

You must install Adobe Systems’ Acrobat Reader. See P.68 for information on installing Acrobat
Reader.

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!

For more information on using Acrobat Reader, refer to the Acrobat Reader “Help” menu.

h What is explained in “How to Use FinePixViewer”...

“How to Use FinePixViewer” covers a range of topics, including batch processing and ordering prints.

4The “Add/Remove Programs Properties” window appears.

Select the software to be uninstalled (FinePixViewer or the
driver) and then click the [Add/Remove] button.

<To remove the driver software>

<To remove FinePixViewer>

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Macintosh

5When the message appears, click the [OK]

button. Check your selection carefully since the
process cannot be cancelled once you click [OK]
button.

6Automatic uninstallation begins.

When uninstallation ends, click the [OK] button.

Mac OS 9.2

Mac OS X

■ Uninstalling FinePixViewer

Quit FinePixViewer. Then drag the installed FinePixViewer folder to the Trash and select
“Empty Trash” in the “Special” menu.

■ Uninstalling Exif Launcher, FinePixViewer

1After you have quit Exif Launcher in “Exif Launcher Settings” in the FinePixViewer “Settings”

menu, move the Exif Launcher file from the “Startup Items” folder in the System folder to the
Trash. Then select “Empty Trash” in the “Special” menu.

2After you have exited FinePixViewer. Drag the installed FinePixViewer folder to the Trash.

Then click “Empty Trash” in the “Special” menu.

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System Expansion Options

eBy using the FinePix S3100 / FinePix S3500 together with other optional FUJIFILM products, your

system can be expanded to fill a wide range of uses.

■

Image input/output to the PC

(

)

USB

FinePix S3100 /

FinePix S3500
Digital Camera

xD-Picture Card

■

Print creation

FinePix S3100 /

FinePix S3500
Digital Camera

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(PC card slot)

CompactFlash™ Card Adapter
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PictBridge

Personal Computer

(commercially available)

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Digital Photo

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Accessories Guide

h xD-Picture Card™ USB Drive DPC-UD1

This is a compact card reader for xD-Picture Cards. Simply plug the drive into the USB port
to read and write data to an xD-Picture Card (No driver installation is required except on
Windows 98/98 SE).

h Compatible with xD-Picture Card of 16 MB to 512 MB
h Windows 98/98 SE/Me/2000 Professional/XP
h Mac OS 9.0 to 9.2/X (10.0.4 to 10.2.6)

eThe accessories (sold separately) can make taking pictures with the FinePix S3100 / FinePix

S3500 even easier. For information on how to attach and use the accessories, refer to the
instructions provided with the accessory used.
Visit the FUJIFILM web site for the latest information on camera accessories.

http://home.fujifilm.com/products/digital/index.html

h xD-Picture Card

These are separately available xD-Picture Cards.
Use the following xD-Picture Card:
DPC-16 (16 MB)/DPC-32 (32 MB)/DPC-64 (64 MB)/DPC-128 (128 MB)/DPC-256 (256
MB)/DPC-512 (512 MB)

h AC Power Adapter AC-5VH/AC-5VHS

Use the AC-5VH/AC-5VHS when taking pictures or playing back images for long periods or
when the FinePix S3100 / FinePix S3500 is connected to a personal computer.
✽ The shape of the AC power adapter, the plug and socket outlet depend on the country.

h Fujifilm Rechargeable Battery 2HR-3UF

The 2HR-3UF includes 2 pieces of high-capacity AA-size Nickel-Metal Hydride (Ni-MH)
batteries.

h Fujifilm Battery Charger with Battery BK-NH/BK-NH2

(With Euro type or UK type plug)

The BK-NH/BK-NH2 includes the quick battery charger BCH-NH/BCH-NH2 and 2 Ni-MH
batteries. The BCH-NH/BCH-NH2 can charge 2 Ni-MH batteries in approximately 120
minutes. Up to 4 Ni-MH batteries can be charged simultaneously.

h Carrying Case SC-FX304

This is a special case made of polyester that protects the camera against soil, dust and
minor impacts when it is being carried.

h Image Memory Card Reader DPC-R1

The DPC-R1 provides a quick and easy way to transfer images back and forth between your
PC and an image memory card (xD-Picture Card and SmartMedia). The DPC-R1 uses the
USB interface for high-speed file transfer.
h Compatible with Windows 98/98 SE, Windows Me, Windows 2000 Professional, Windows

XP or iMac, Mac OS 8.6 to 9.2.2, Mac OS X (10.1.2 to 10.2.2) and models that support
USB as standard.

h Compatible with xD-Picture Cards of 16 MB to 512 MB, and SmartMedia of 3.3V, 4 MB to

128 MB.

h PC Card Adapter DPC-AD

The PC Card Adapter allows the xD-Picture Card and SmartMedia to be used as a PC
Card Standard ATA-compliant (PCMCIA 2.1) PC card (Type II).
h Compatible with xD-Picture Cards of 16 MB to 512 MB, and SmartMedia of 3.3V, 2 MB to

128 MB.

h CompactFlash™ Card Adapter DPC-CF

Loading an xD-Picture Card into this adapter allows you to use the card as a
CompactFlash card (Type I).

h Windows 95/98/98 SE/Me/2000 Professional/XP
h Mac OS 8.6 to 9.2/X (10.1.2 to 10.1.5)

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Changes the focal length by a factor of 0.79× (wide-angle: equivalent to
31 mm) without altering the F-stop value of the lens.

h Wide conversion lens specifications

Magnification: 0.79×
Lens configuration: 3 lenses in 3 groups
Shooting range: Approx. 0.9 m to infinity
Dimensions: 70 mm (2.76 in.) dia. × 32 mm (1.26 in.)
Mass (Weight): Approx. 185 g (6.5 oz.)
Accessories: Adapter ring AR-FX9 (see below remarks),

Lens caps (front and rear), Lens pouch

✽ Except for body color, the specifications of the WL-FX9 and WL-FX9B are the same.

WL-FX9: Silver
WL-FX9B: Black

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!

The adapter ring enclosed with the FinePix S3100 / FinePix S3500 (AR-FX3) should be used with this conversion lens.
The adapter rings provided with these conversion lenses (AR-FX9 for FinePix 4900 zoom/6900 zoom/S602 zoom/
S7000/S20Pro) cannot be used with the FinePix S3100 / FinePix S3500.

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!

Only use the wide conversion lens at the wide-angle zoom setting.

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!

The built-in flash cannot be used when the wide conversion lens is mounted.

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!

Commercially available filters can be mounted on the lens when the adapter ring is attached, but no more than one filter
should be mounted at a time.

Wide conversion lens WL-FX9/WL-FX9B

Changes the focal length by a factor of 1.5× (telephoto: equivalent to 351
mm) without altering the F-stop value of the lens.

h Teleconversion lens specifications

Magnification: 1.5×
Lens configuration: 3 lenses in 3 groups
Shooting range: Approx. 5.0 m to infinity
Dimensions: 65 mm (2.56 in.) dia. × 55 mm (2.17 in.)
Mass (Weight): Approx. 100 g (3.5 oz.)
Accessories: Adapter ring AR-FX9 (see below remarks),

Lens caps (front and rear), Lens pouch

✽ Except for body color, the specifications of the TL-FX9 and TL-FX9B are the same.

TL-FX9: Silver
TL-FX9B: Black

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!

The adapter ring enclosed with the FinePix S3100 / FinePix S3500 (AR-FX3) should be used with this conversion lens.
The adapter rings provided with these conversion lenses (AR-FX9 for FinePix 4900 zoom/6900 zoom/S602 zoom/
S7000/S20Pro) cannot be used with the FinePix S3100 / FinePix S3500.

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!

Only use the tele conversion lens at the telephoto zoom setting.

●

!

The built-in flash cannot be used when the teleconversion lens is mounted.

●

!

Commercially available filters can be mounted on the lens when the adapter ring is attached, but no more than one filter
should be mounted at a time.

Teleconversion lens TL-FX9/TL-FX9B

Conversion Lens Guide (sold separately

)

Conversion
lens

Conversion
lens

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Power Supply and Batteries

Using Your Camera Correctly

e Read this information and the “Safety Notes” (➡ P.96), to make sure you use your camera

correctly.

■ Places to Avoid

Do not store or use the camera in the following types
of locations:

h In the rain or in very humid, dirty or dusty places
h In direct sunlight or in places subject to extreme

temperature, such as in a closed car in summer

h Extremely cold places
h Places with strong vibration
h Places with smoke or steam
h Places subject to strong magnetic fields (such as

near motors, transformers or magnets)

h In contact with chemicals such as pesticides
h Next to rubber or vinyl products

■ Damage by Water or Sand

The FinePix S3100 / FinePix S3500 can be damaged
on the inside and outside by water and sand. When
you are at the beach or close to water, make sure that
the camera is not damaged by water or sand. Take
care not to place the camera on a wet surface.

■ Damage by Condensation

If the camera is carried from a cold location into a
warm place, water droplets (condensation) may form
on the inside of the camera or on the lens. When this
occurs, turn the camera off and wait an hour before
using the camera. Condensation may also form on the

xD-Picture Card. In this event, remove the xD­Picture Card and wait a short time.

■ When the Camera is Not Used or is stored
Periods of Time

If you do not intend to use the camera for a long period
of time, remove the batteries and the xD-Picture Card.

■ Cleaning Your Camera

h Use a blower brush to brush away any dust on the

lens, LCD monitor or viewfinder and then gently
wipe the camera with a soft, dry cloth. If any soiling
remains, apply a small amount of lens cleaning
liquid to a piece of FUJIFILM lens cleaning paper
and wipe gently.

h Do not scratch hard objects against the lens, LCD

monitor or viewfinder.

h Clean the body of the camera with a soft, dry cloth.

Do not use volatile substances or cleaning products
these items can cause damage.

■ Using the Camera When Traveling

When travelling overseas, do not place your camera in
the check-in baggage. Baggage can be subjected
violent shocks, and the camera may be damaged
inside or outside.

Applicable Batteries

h In the camera, use AA-size alkaline or nickel-metal

hydride (Ni-MH) batteries.
Do not use AA-size manganese or nickel-cadmium
(Ni-Cd) batteries in your FinePix S3100 / FinePix
S3500 because the heat created by the batteries
could damage the camera or cause it not to work.

h The life of alkaline batteries varies between brands.

The life of batteries you purchase may be shorter
than those provided with the camera.

Notes on the Batteries

Incorrect use of the batteries could cause them to
leak, become hot, ignite or burst. Always observe the
precautions given below.

h Do not heat the batteries or throw them into a fire.
h Do not carry or store batteries with metal objects

such as necklaces or hairpins.

h Do not expose the batteries to water, and keep

batteries from getting wet or stored in moist
locations.

h Do not attempt to take apart or change the batteries,

including battery casings.

h Do not subject the batteries to strong impacts.
h Do not use batteries that are leaking, deformed,

discolored.

h Do not store batteries in warm or humid places.
h Keep the batteries out of reach of babies and small

children.

h Make sure that the battery polarity (

≠ and – ) is

correct.

h Do not use new with used batteries. Do not use

charged and discharged batteries together.

h Do not use different types or brands of batteries at

the same time.

h If you do not intend to use the camera for a long

period of time, remove the batteries from the
camera. (Note if the camera is left with the batteries
removed, the time and date settings are cleared.)

h The batteries feel warm right after being used.

Before removing the batteries, turn the camera off
and wait for the batteries to cool down.

h Since batteries do not work well in cold weather or

locations, warm the batteries by placing it inside
your garments before use. Batteries do not work well
in the cold. They will work again when the
temperature returns to normal.

h Soil (such as fingerprints) on the battery terminals

makes the batteries charge less reducing the
number of images. Carefully wipe the battery
terminals with a soft dry cloth before loading.

If any liquid at all leaks from the batteries, wipe
the battery compartment thoroughly and then
load new batteries.
If any battery fluid comes into contact with your
hands or clothing, flush the area thoroughly
with water. Note that battery fluid can cause
loss of eyesight if it gets into your eyes. If this
occurs, do not rub your eyes. Flush the fluid
out with clean water and contact your physician
for treatment.

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Power Supply and Batteries

Always use the AC Power Adapter AC-5VH/AC-5VHS
with the camera.
The use of an AC Power adapter other than AC­5VH/AC-5VHS can cause damage to your digital
camera.

h Use the AC power adapter for indoor use only.
h Plug the connection cord plug securely into the DC

input terminal of the FUJIFILM Digital camera.

h Turn off the FUJIFILM Digital camera before

disconnecting the cord from the FUJIFILM Digital
camera’s DC input terminal. To disconnect, pull out
the plug gently. Do not pull on the cord.

h Do not use the AC power adapter with any device

other than your camera.

h During use, the AC power adapter will become hot

to the touch. This is normal.

h Do not take apart the AC power adapter. Doing so

could be dangerous.

h Do not use the AC power adapter in a hot humid

place.

h Do not subject the AC power adapter to strong

shocks.

h The AC power adapter may emit a humming. But

this is normal.

h If used near a radio, the AC power adapter may

cause static. If this happens, move the camera away
from the radio.

AC Power Adapter

Using the AA-size Ni-MH batteries
correctly

h As a power source in digital cameras, AA-size Ni-

MH batteries are superior to alkaline batteries in
several ways, such as allowing more shots to be
taken with the camera. However, care must be taken
with the way Ni-MH batteries are used if their
original performance is to be maintained.

h Ni-MH batteries left unused in storage for long

periods can become “deactivated”. Also, repeatedly
charging Ni-MH batteries that are only partially
discharged can cause them to suffer from the
“memory effect”.
Ni-MH batteries that are “deactivated” or affected by
“memory” suffer from the problem of only providing
power for a short time after being charged. To
prevent this problem, discharge and recharge them
several times using the camera’s “Discharging
rechargeable batteries” function. By repeating this
cycle several times, the temporary reduction in
performance caused by “memory” or “deactivation”
can be remedied and the batteries can be restored
to their original performance levels.
Deactivation and memory are specific to Ni-MH
batteries and are not in fact battery faults. See P.87
for the procedure for “Discharging rechargeable
batteries”.

Do not use the “Discharging rechargeable
batteries” function when alkaline batteries are
being used.

h To charge Ni-MH batteries, use the quick battery

charger (sold separately). Refer to the instructions
supplied with the charger to ensure that the charger
is used correctly.

h Do not use the battery charger to charge other

batteries.

h Note that the batteries feel warm after being

charged.

h Due to the way the camera is constructed, a small

amount of current is used even when the camera is
turned off. Note in particular that leaving Ni-MH
batteries in the camera for a long period will
overdischarge the batteries and may render them
unusable even after recharging.

h Ni-MH batteries will self-discharge even when not

used, and the time for which they can be used may
be shortened as a result.

h Ni-MH batteries will deteriorate rapidly if

overdischarged (eg. by discharging the batteries in a
flashlight). Use the "Discharging rechargeable
batteries" function provided in the camera to
discharge the batteries.

h Ni-MH batteries have a limited service life. If a

battery can only be used for a short time even after
repeated discharge-charge cycles, it may have
reached the end of its service life.

■ Disposing of Batteries

When disposing of batteries, do so in accordance with
your local waste disposal regulations.

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The “Discharging rechargeable batteries” function can only be used with Ni-MH
batteries.
The “Discharging rechargeable batteries” function should not be used with
alkaline batteries as it will completely drain the battery charge.

Use the “Discharging rechargeable batteries” function in the following situations:

i When the batteries can only be used for a short time after being charged normally
i When the batteries have not been used for a long period
i When you purchase new Ni-MH batteries

Do not use the “Discharging rechargeable batteries” function while using the AC power adapter. In
these situations, the Ni-MH batteries will not be discharged due to the external power supply.

Discharging rechargeable Ni-MH batteries

1

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2Press “d” or “c ” to select “F” OPTION and

then press “a” or “b” to select “SET-UP”.

3Press the “MENU/OK” button.

01 03 02

●

!

Do not use the procedure for discharging rechargeable
batteries with alkaline batteries.

2

1Press “d” or “c” to move to option 3 and then

press “a” or “b” to select “DISCHARGE”.

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1Press “d” or “c” to select “OK”.
2Press the “MENU/OK” button.

The screen changes and discharging begins.
When the battery level indicator blinks red and
discharging ends, the camera turns off.

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!

To cancel discharging, press the “DISP/BACK” button.

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Notes on the xD-Picture Card™

■ Image Memory Card

h This Image Memory Card is a new image recording

media (xD-Picture Card) developed for digital
cameras. The Image Memory Card consists of a
semiconductor memory (NAND-type flash memory)
to record digital image data.
The recording process is electrically performed and
enables erasure of existing image data as well as re­recording of new image data.

h When using a new Memory Card, or a Memory Card

that has been formatted by a PC, be sure to format
the card with your digital camera before using it.

■ Protecting Your Data

h Images and movies may be lost or destroyed in the

following situations. Please note that FUJIFILM
assumes no responsibility for data that is lost or
destroyed.

1. Removal of the memory card or turning the power
off while the memory card is being accessed (i.e.,
during record, erase, initialization, and playback
operations).

2. Improper handling and use of the memory card by
the user or third party.

h Save your important data to another media (i.e., MO

disk, CD-R, hard disk, etc.).

■ Handling xD-Picture Card

h When storing xD-Picture Cards, make sure that

they are kept out of the reach of children. An xD-
Picture Card could be swallowed cause suffocation.
If a child swallows an xD-Picture Card, seek
medical attention or call emergency number right
away.

h When inserting the xD-Picture Card into the

camera, hold the xD-Picture Card straight as you
push it in.

h Do not expose an xD-Picture Card to shock. Do not

apply pressure, and avoid bending.

h Do not use or store xD-Picture Card in hot humid

places.

h Clean the xD-Picture Card with a soft dry piece of

cloth when dirty.

h When carrying or storing an xD-Picture Card, keep

it in the special protective case.

h The xD-Picture Card will work well for long time, but

will sooner or later lose its ability to store and play
back images or movies. If this happens replace it
with a new xD-Picture Card.

h Never remove the xD-Picture Card or turn the

camera off during data recording or erasing (xD-
Picture Card formatting) as this could be damaged
to the xD-Picture Card.

h The use of xD-Picture Cards is recommended with

the FinePix S3100 / FinePix S3500.
The recording quality cannot be guaranteed when
xD-Picture Cards other than those manufactured by
FUJIFILM are used.

h The xD-Picture Card may feel warm when it is

removed from the camera after taking pictures. This
is normal.

h Do not put labels on the xD-Picture Card. Peeling

labels can cause the camera not to work properly.

■ Using xD-Picture Card with a PC

h When taking pictures using an xD-Picture Card that

has been used on a PC, reformat the xD-Picture
Card using your camera for best quality.

h When formatting an xD-Picture Card, a directory

(folder) is created. Image data is then recorded in
this directory.

h Do not change or delete the directory (folder) or file

names on the xD-Picture Card because this will
make it impossible to use the xD-Picture Card in
your camera.

h Always use the camera to erase image data on an

xD-Picture Card.

h To edit image data, copy the image data to the PC

and edit the copy.

h Do not copy files other than those that will be used

by the camera.

■ Specifications

Type Image memory card for digital

cameras (xD-Picture Card)
Memory type NAND-type flash memory
Conditions for use Temperature:

0°C to +40°C

(+32°F to +104°F)

Humidity:

80% max. (no condensation)
Dimensions 25 mm × 20 mm × 2.2 mm

(0.98 in. × 0.79 in. × 0.09 in.)

(W × H × D)

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Warning Displays eThe table below lists the warnings that are displayed on the screen.

The camera batteries are low or
completely out of charge.

Load new or fully charged batteries.

∂

There is a strong likelihood of camera
shake because the shutter speed is
slow.

Use flash photography. However, use a
tripod for some scenes and modes.

Outside the AE continuous range. The picture can be taken, but the correct

brighthess (exposure) will not be obtained.

The AF (auto focus) cannot work
effectively.

i If the image is too dark, take the picture at

a distance of around 2 m (6.6 ft.) from the
subject.

i Use AF lock to take the picture.

No xD-Picture Card is inserted. Insert an xD-Picture Card.

i The xD-Picture Card is not

formatted.

i The xD-Picture Card contact area

is soiled.

i Camera fault.

i Format the xD-Picture Card on the

camera.

i Wipe the contact area on the xD-Picture

Card with a soft dry cloth. It may be

necessary to format the xD-Picture Card.
If the message still appears, replace the
xD-Picture Card.

i Contact your FUJIFILM dealer.

The xD-Picture Card is full. Erase some images or use an xD-Picture

Card that has ample free space.

The frame number has reached
999–9999.

1 Insert a formatted xD-Picture Card into

the camera.

2 Set “RENEW” as the FRAME NO.

setting in the “SET-UP” menu.

3 Start taking pictures. (The frame

numbers start from “100-0001”.)

4 Set “CONT.” as the FRAME NO. setting

in the “SET-UP” menu.

Warning Displayed Explanation Remedy

i The xD-Picture Card contact area

is soiled.

i The xD-Picture Card is damaged.
i The xD-Picture Card format is

incorrect.

i Camera fault.

i Wipe the contact area on the xD-Picture

Card with a soft dry cloth. It may be
necessary to format the xD-Picture Card.
If the message still appears, replace the
xD-Picture Card.

i Contact your FUJIFILM dealer.

i The data could not be recorded due

to an xD-Picture Card error or a
connection error between the xD-
Picture Card and camera.

i The image cannot be recorded as it

is too large to fit in the available
space on the xD-Picture Card.

i Re-insert the xD-Picture Card or turn the

camera off and then on again. If the
message still appears, contact your
FUJIFILM dealer.

i Use a new xD-Picture Card.

Camera malfunction or fault.

i Turn the camera on again, taking care not

to touch the lens.

i Turn the camera off and on again. If the

message still appears, contact your
FUJIFILM dealer.

(Lit red)

(Blinking red)

Displayed for PictBridge.

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Warning Displays

Warning Displayed Explanation Remedy

Prints were specified for 1000 or
more frames in the DPOF frame
settings.

The maximum number of frames for which
prints can be specified on the same xD-
Picture Card is 999.
Copy the images for which you want to
order prints onto another xD-Picture Card
and then specify the DPOF settings.

A protected file was encountered. Protected files cannot be erased. Remove

the protection.

An attempt was made to trim a 0.3M
image.

The image cannot be trimmed.

i An attempt was made to trim an

image shot using a camera other
than FinePix S3100 / FinePix S3500.

i The image is damaged.

The image cannot be trimmed.

Displayed for PictBridge. This message appears when printing is

performed from a FUJIFILM printer that
supports PictBridge. Refer to the Owner’s
Manual for the printer for details.

An attempt was made to specify
DPOF settings for an image that is
not supported by DPOF or movie.

DPOF printing cannot be used with this
image format.

The camera is not connected to PC
or printer.

i Check that the USB cable is connected

correctly.

i Check that your printer is turned on.

Displayed for PictBridge.

i Check that the printer is not out of paper

or out of ink.

i Turn the printer off briefly and then turn it

back on.

i Refer to the user manual supplied with

your printer.

Displayed for PictBridge. Check that the printer is not out of paper or

out of ink. Printing automatically restarts
when the error is cleared. If the message
still appears after checking, press the
“MENU/OK” button to restart printing.

i Refer to the user manual for the printer

being used and check whether the printer
supports the JFIF-JPEG or Exif-JPEG
image format. If not, the printer cannot
print the images.

i Movie images cannot be printed.
i Was the image data photographed using

FinePix S3100 / FinePix S3500?
You may not be able to print some images
photographed on other cameras.

i The played back file was not

recorded correctly.

i The xD-Picture Card contact area

is soiled.

i Camera fault.
i An attempt was made to play a

movie that was not recorded on this
camera.

i Images cannot be played back.

i Wipe the contact area on the xD-Picture

Card with a soft dry cloth. It may be
necessary to format the xD-Picture Card.
If the message still appears, replace the
xD-Picture Card.

i Contact your FUJIFILM dealer.
i Movies cannot be played back.

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Troubleshooting eIf you think the camera is faulty, check the following once more.

Troubleshooting Possible causes Solutions

No power.

Power cuts out during
operation.

Batteries run out
quickly.

No photograph is taken
when the shutter button
is pressed.

Can’t set the camera to
Macro (close-up) mode.

Can’t use the flash.

The playback image is
dark even though the
flash was used.

The flash settings are
restricted and cannot be
selected.

The image is blurred.

There is speckling on
the image.

Can’t format the xD-
Picture Card.

i The batteries have run out.
i The batteries are loaded backwards.

i The battery cover is not closed correctly.
i The AC power adapter plug has come out

of the power outlet.

The batteries have run out.

i Camera is being used in extremely cold

conditions.

i The terminals are soiled.
i The batteries can no longer be recharged.

i The rechargeable batteries (if used) have

become deactivated, or the battery
capacity has diminished due to the
memory effect.

i No xD-Picture Card is inserted.
i The xD-Picture Card is full.

i The xD-Picture Card is not formatted.

i The xD-Picture Card contact area is

soiled.

i The xD-Picture Card is damaged.
i The Auto power off function has turned the

camera off.

i The batteries have run out.
The camera is set to Scene position (

m

)

mode or to Movie mode (r) .

i The flash is not popped up.
i The camera is set to Landscape in Scene

position mode.

i The subject is too far away.

i Your finger was covering the flash/flash

control sensor.

Scene position mode is selected.

i The lens is dirty.
i The photographed subject was too dark.

i You photographed scenery with Macro

mode selected.

i You took a close-up shot without selecting

Macro mode.

i You are shooting a subject that is not

suited to autofocusing.

The picture was taken with a slow shutter
speed (long exposure) in a high-temperature
environment.

The xD-Picture Card contact area is soiled.

i Load new or fully charged batteries.
i Load the batteries in the correct direction.
i Close the battery cover correctly.

i Plug the adapter back in.

Load new or fully charged batteries.

i Put the batteries in your pocket or another

warm place to heat them and then load
them into the camera just before you take
a picture.

i Wipe the battery terminals with a clean,

dry cloth.

i Load new or fully charged batteries.
i Use the rechargeable battery discharging

function to restore the rechargeable
batteries to full capacity.

i Insert an xD-Picture Card.
i Insert a new xD-Picture Card or erase

some unwanted frames.

i Format the xD-Picture Card on the

camera.

i Wipe the xD-Picture Card contact area

with a clean dry cloth.

i Insert a new xD-Picture Card.
i Turn the camera on.

i Load new or fully charged batteries.

Photography mode is changed to “

B

” or

“s”.

i Pop up the flash.
i Select another Scene position or change

the Photography mode.

i Move to within the effective flash range

before taking the picture.

i Hold the camera correctly.

The flash settings are restricted because the
camera settings are tailored to the scene
being shot. Change the Photography mode
for a wider range of flash settings.

i Clean the lens.
i Try standing about 2 m (6.6 ft.) from your

subject to take the picture.

i Cancel Macro mode.

i Select Macro mode.

i Use AF/AE lock to take the picture.

This is a characteristic of CCDs and does
not indicate a camera fault.

Wipe the xD-Picture Card contact area with
a clean dry cloth.

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Frame erase does not
erase the frame.

The ERASE ALL
function does not erase
all the frames.

Nothing happens when I
use the Mode dial.

Screens are not
displayed in English.

There is no image on
the TV.

The TV image is black
and white.

When the camera is
connected to a PC, the
photographed image or
playback image appears
on the camera’s screen.

The camera no longer
works correctly.

Can’t print with
PictBridge.

The camera was
connected to PC when
the USB mode was set
to “

®

”.

Some frames may be protected.

i Camera malfunction.

i The batteries have run out.
i A language other than English is selected

in the “ ” setting in the “SET-UP”
menu (➡P.60).

i The camera is not connected to the TV

correctly.

i “TV” is selected as the TV input.
i The video output setting is incorrect.

i The video output setting is incorrect.

i The USB cable (included) is not correctly

connected to the PC or camera.

i The PC is not turned on.

The camera has suffered an unforeseen
problem.

“

®

” is not selected in USB mode in the

“SET-UP” menu.

Unprotect frames using the camera on
which the protection was first applied.

i Briefly remove the batteries or disconnect

the AC power adapter. Then reload the
batteries or reconnect the AC power
adapter and try again.

i Load new or fully charged batteries.
1Press the “MENU/OK” button to display

the menu on the screen.

2Press “d” or “c” to select “

F

” and press
“a” or “b” to select “SET-UP”. Press the
“MENU/OK” button to display the SET-UP
screen on the screen.

3Press “d” or “c” to move to option 3 and

then use “a” or “b” to select “”.

4Press “d” or “c ” several

times to select “ENGLISH”.

5Press the “MENU/OK” button.
i Connect the camera and TV correctly.

i Set the TV input to “VIDEO”.
i Change the setting to “NTSC” or “PAL”

(➡P.60).

i Change the setting to “NTSC” or “PAL”

(➡P.60)

i Set up the camera and the USB cable

(included) correctly.

i Turn the PC on.

Briefly remove the batteries or disconnect
the AC power adapter. Then reload the
batteries or reconnect the AC power adapter
and try again. If the message still appears,
contact your FUJIFILM dealer.

Select “

®

” in USB mode in the “SET-UP”

menu.
Perform steps 1 to 3 to remove the

camera from PC.

h Windows
1 The “New Hardware Found” wizard (or

“Scanner and Camera” wizard) appears.
If the wizard does not appear, proceed to
step 3.

2 Click the [Cancel] button.
3 Disconnect the camera from the PC.

h Macintosh
1 The window for locating the driver

appears. If the window does not appear,
proceed to step 3.

2 Click the [Cancel] button.
3 Disconnect the camera from the

Macintosh.

Troubleshooting

eIf you think the camera is faulty, check the following once more.

Troubleshooting Possible causes Solutions

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Specifications

System

Model Digital camera FinePix S3100 / FinePix S3500
Effective pixels 4.0 million pixels
CCD 1/2.7 inch square pixel CCD

Number of total pixels: 4.23 million pixels

Number of recorded pixels Still image: 2272 × 1704 pixels/1600 × 1200 pixels/1280 × 960 pixels/

640 × 480 pixels (

4/2/1/`

)

Movie: 320 × 240 pixels (10 frames per second without sound)

160 × 120 pixels (10 frames per second without sound)

Storage media xD-Picture Card (16/32/64/128/256/512 MB)
File format Still image: JPEG (Exif ver. 2.2)

✽ Design rule for Camera File System compliant DPOF compatible

Movie: AVI format, Motion JPEG

Lens Fujinon 6 × optical zoom lens, F2.8-F3.0
Aperture F2.8 to F3.0 (automatically selected)
Focal length f=6.0 mm to 36 mm

(Equivalent to 39 mm to 234 mm on a 35 mm camera)

Focal range Normal: Approx. 0.8 m (2.6 ft.) to infinity

Macro: Approx. 0.1 m (3.9 in.) to 0.8 m (2.6 ft.)

Shutter speed 2 sec. to 1/1500 sec. (combined with mechanical shutter)
Focus TTL contrast-type, Auto focus
Sensitivity Equivalent to ISO 100 (automatically set between ISO 64 – 250 depend on

the shooting mode and subject.)

Photometry TTL 64-zones metering
Exposure control Program AE
Exposure compensation –2.1 EV to +1.5 EV in 0.3-step increments (in Manual mode)
White balance Auto (

B), Scene position (m)

Manual modes, 7 positions can be selected

Viewfinder 0.33 inches 110,000 pixels electronic viewfinder

NTSC Approx. 88% coverage PAL Approx. 86% coverage

LCD monitor 1.5 inches, 60,000 pixels amorphous silicon TFT,

NTSC: Approx. 87% coverage, PAL: Approx. 85% coverage

Flash type Auto flash using flash control sensor

Effective range: Wide-angle: Approx.

0.8

m to 3.5 m (

2.6

ft. to 11.5 ft.)

(Approx. 0.3 m to

0.8

m (1.0 ft. to

2.6

ft.):

Macro)

Telephoto: Approx. 0.8 m to

3.5

m (2.6 ft. to

11.5

ft.)

Flash modes: Auto, Red-Eye Reduction, Forced Flash, Suppressed Flash,

Slow Synchro

✽

, Red-Eye Reduction + Slow Synchro

✽

✽ In Manual mode

Self-Timer 10 sec.
Video output NTSC/PAL selectable

Input/Output Terminals

Video output socket

2.5 mm dia. jack

(USB) socket

For file transfer to a computer

DC Input

Socket for specified AC power adapter AC-5VH/AC-5VHS (sold separately)

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Specifications

Power Supply and Others

Power supply

Use one of the following:

i 4×AA-size alkaline batteries
i 4×AA-size Ni-MH (Nickel-Metal Hydride) batteries (sold separately)
i AC Power Adapter AC-5VH/AC-5VHS (sold separately)

Guide to the number of
available frames for battery
operation

Conditions for use

Temperature: 0°C to +40°C (+32°F to +104°F); 80% humidity or less (no
condensation)

Camera dimensions (W/H/D)

99.7 mm × 77.3 mm × 69.3 mm/3.9 in. × 3.0 in. × 2.7 in.
(not including accessories and attachments)

Camera mass

(weight) Approx. 285 g/10.1 oz.

(not including accessories, batteries, xD-Picture Card and Adapter Ring)

Weight for photography

Approx. 410 g/14.5 oz.
(including batteries and xD-Picture Card)

Accessories

See P.7

Optional Accessories

See P.83

According to the Camera & Imaging Products Association (CIPA) standards✽:
When using alkaline batteries, use the batteries supplied with the camera. When using NiMH
batteries, use FUJIFILM-brand Fujifilm Rechageble Battery 2HR-3UF NiMH batteries.
The storage media should be xD-Picture Card. (Also state the capacity of the media used for
measurement.

✽

)

h Note: Because the number of available shots varies depending on the capacity of alkaline

batteries or the level of charge in NiMH batteries, the figures shown here for the
number of available shots using batteries are not guaranteed.

The number of available shots will also decline at low temperatures.

✽ “CIPA DC-002-2003 ‘Standard Procedure for Measuring Digital Still Camera Battery

Consumption’ ” (extract)
Pictures shall be taken at a temperature of 23°C, with the LCD monitor turned on, the zoom
moved from full wide-angle to full telephoto (or vice-versa) and back again to its original
position every 30 seconds, the flash used at full power every second shot and the camera
turned off and then on again once every 10 shots.

Alkaline batteries Ni-MH batteries (2300mAH)

Using LCD monitor Approx. ••• frames

Battery Type

✽ These specifications are subject to change without notice. FUJIFILM shall not be held liable for damages resulting

from errors in this Owner’s Manual.

✽ The LCD monitor and viewfinder (EVF) on your digital camera are manufactured using advanced high-precision

technology. Even so, small bright points and anomalous colors (particularly around text) may appear on the monitor on
the finder. These are normal display characteristics and do not indicate a fault with the monitor on the finder. This
phenomenon will not appear on the recorded image.

✽ The operation error may be caused in a digital camera by the strong radio interference (i. e. electric fields, static

electricity, line noise, etc.).

✽ Due to the nature of the lens, the edges of images may appear distorted. This is normal.

■ Standard number of available frames/recording time per xD-Picture Card

The number of available

frames

, recording time or file size varies slightly depending on the subjects photographed. Note also

that the difference between standard number of

frames

and the actual number of

frames

is greater for

xD-Picture Cards with higher capacities.

Quality Setting

DPC-16 (16 MB)
DPC-32 (32 MB)
DPC-64 (64 MB)
DPC-128 (128 MB)
DPC-256 (256 MB)

Image Data Size

Number of recorded pixels

4

F

4

N

8
16
33
66

134

1.9 MB 960 KB

2272× 1704

2

25

50
101
204
409

620 KB

1600 × 1200

1

33

68
137
275
550

460 KB

1280 × 960

Movie

$

Approx. 98 sec.

Approx. 199 sec.
Approx. 6.6 min.
Approx. 13.3 min.
Approx. 26.7 min.

–

320 × 240

Movie

#

Approx. 5.6 min.
Approx. 11.3 min.
Approx. 22.7 min.
Approx. 45.5 min.
Approx. 91.2 min.

DPC-512 (512 MB)

268

16
32

66
132
266
532 818 1101

`

122
247
497
997

1997

125 KB

640 × 480

3993 Approx. 53.5 min.

Approx. 182.5 min.

–

160 × 120

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Explanation of Terms

AF/AE Lock

On the FinePix S3100 / FinePix S3500, pressing the shutter button down half way locks the focus and exposure settings (AF
and AE lock). If you want to focus on a subject that is not centered in the frame or change the picture composition after the
exposure is set, you can obtain good results by changing the composition after the AF and AE settings are locked.

Auto power save function

If the camera is not used in any way for 60 seconds, this function turns features such as the LCD monitor off (sleep mode) to
prevent battery depletion and the waste of power when the AC power adapter is connected. If the camera is then left unused
for a further period, the Auto power save function turns the camera off. This period can be set to 2 minutes or 5 minutes on
this camera.
h The Auto power off function does not operate in PC mode, during automatic playback, or if it is disabled during setup.

Deactivated batteries

Leaving an Ni-MH battery unused in storage for a long period may cause a rise in the level of substances that inhibit current
flow inside the battery and result in a dormant battery. A battery in this state is referred to as deactivated.
Because current flow is inhibited in a deactivated Ni-MH battery, the battery's original level of performance cannot be
achieved.

DPOF

Digital Print Order Format
DPOF is a format used for recording information on a storage media (image memory card, etc.) that allows you to specify
which of the frames shot using a digital camera are to be printed and how many prints are made of each image.

EV

A number that denotes Exposure Value. The EV is determined by the brightness of the subject and sensitivity (speed) of the
film or CCD. The number is larger for bright subjects and smaller for dark subjects. As the brightness of the subject changes,
a digital camera maintains the amount of light hitting the CCD at a constant level by adjusting the aperture and shutter
speed.
When the amount of light striking the CCD doubles, the EV increases by 1. Likewise, when the light is halved, the EV
decreases by 1.

Frame rate (fps)

The frame rate refers to the number of images (frames) that are photographed or played back per second. For example,
when 10 frames are continuously photographed in a 1-second interval, the frame rate is expressed as 10 fps.
For reference, TV images are displayed at 30 fps (NTSC).

JPEG

Joint Photographics Experts Group
A file format used for compressing and saving color images. The higher the compression rate, the greater the loss of quality
in the decompressed (restored) image.

Memory effect

If an Ni-MH battery is repeatedly charged without first being fully discharged, its performance may drop below its original
level. This is referred to as the “memory effect”.

Motion JPEG

A type of AVI (Audio Video Interleave) file format that handles images and sound as a single file. Images in the file are
recorded in JPEG format. Motion JPEG can be played back by QuickTime 3.0 or later.

PC Card

A generic term for cards that meet the PC Card Standard.

PC Card Standard

A standard for PC cards determined by the PCMCIA.

PCMCIA

Personal Computer Memory Card International Association (US).

Smear

A phenomenon specific to CCDs whereby white streaks appear on the image when there is a very strong light source, such
as the sun or reflected sunlight, in the photography screen.

WAVE

A standard format used on Windows systems for saving audio data. WAVE files have the “.WAV” file extension and the data
can be saved in either compressed or uncompressed format. Uncompressed recording is used on this camera.
WAVE files can be played back on a personal computer using the following software:
Windows: MediaPlayer
Macintosh: QuickTime Player

✽ QuickTime 3.0 or later

White Balance

Whatever the kind of the light, the human eye adapts to it so that a white object still looks white. On the other hand, devices
such as digital cameras see a white subject as white by first adjusting the color balance to suit the color of the ambient light
around the subject. This adjustment is called matching the white balance.

Exif Print Format is a newly revised digital camera file format that contains a variety of shooting information for optimal
printing.

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Safety Notes

h Make sure that you use your FinePix S3100 / FinePix

S3500 camera correctly, read these Safety Notes
and your Owner’s Manual carefully beforehand.

h After reading these Safety Notes, store them in a

safe place.

About the Icons

The icons shown below are used in this document to
indicate the severity of the injury or damage that can
result if the information indicated by the icon is ignored
and the product is used incorrectly as a result.

WARNING

This icon indicates that death
or serious injury can result if
the information is ignored.

CAUTION

This icon indicates that
personal injury or material
damage can result if the
information is ignored.

The icons shown below are used to indicate the nature
of the information which is to be observed.

Triangular icons tell you that this
information requires attention (“important”).

Circular icons with a diagonal bar tell you
that the action indicated is prohibited
(“Prohibited”).

Filled circles with an exclamation mark tell
you an action that must be performed
(“Required”).

If a problem arises, turn the camera
off, remove the batteries, disconnect
and unplug the AC power adapter.

Continued use of the camera when it is
emitting smoke, is emitting any unusual
odor, or is in any other abnormal state
can cause a fire or electric shock.

h Contact your FUJIFILM dealer.

Do not allow water or foreign objects
to enter the camera.

If water or foreign objects get inside the
camera, turn the camera off, remove
the batteries and disconnect and
unplug the AC power adapter.
Continued use of the camera can cause
a fire or electric shock.

h Contact your FUJIFILM dealer.

Do not use the camera in the
bathroom or shower.

This can cause a fire or electric shock.

Never attempt to change or take
apart the camera. (Never open the
casing.)
Do not use the camera when it has
been dropped or the casing is
damaged.

This can cause a fire or electric shock.
h Contact your FUJIFILM dealer.

Do not change, heat or unduly twist
or pull the connection cord and do
not place heavy objects on the
connection cord.

These actions could damage the cord
and cause a fire or electric shock.

h If the cord is damaged, contact your

FUJIFILM dealer.

Do not place the camera on an
unstable surface.

This can cause the camera to fall or tip
over and cause injury.

Never attempt to take pictures while
in motion.

Do not use the camera while you are
walking or driving a vehicle.

This can result in you falling down or
being involved in a traffic accident.

Do not touch any metal parts of the
camera during a thunderstorm.

This can cause an electric shock due to
induced current from the lightning
discharge.

Do not use the batteries except as
specified.

Load the batteries with the ≠ and –
marks.

WARNING

Unplug from

power socket.

Do not use in the

bathroom or shower.

Do not

disassemble.

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CAUTION

Do not use this camera in locations
affected by oil fumes, steam,
humidity or dust.

This can cause a fire or electric shock.

Do not leave this camera in places
subject to extremely high
temperatures.

Do not leave the camera in locations such
as a sealed vehicle or in direct sunlight.
This can cause a fire.

Keep out of the reach of small
children.

This product could cause injury in the
hands of a child.

Do not place heavy objects on the
camera.

This can cause the heavy object to tip
over or fall and cause injury.

Do not move the camera while the
AC power adapter is still connected.
Do not pull on the connection cord
to disconnect the AC power adapter.

This can damage the power cord or
cables and cause a fire or electric shock.

Do not use the AC power adapter
when the plug is damaged or the
plug socket connection is loose.

This could cause a fire or electric shock.

Do not cover or wrap the camera or
the AC power adapter in a cloth or
blanket.

This can cause heat to build up and
distort the casing or cause a fire.

When you are cleaning the camera
or you do not plan to use the camera
for an extended period, remove the
batteries and disconnect and unplug
the AC power adapter.

Failure to do so can cause a fire or
electric shock.

When charging ends, unplug the
charger from the power socket.

Leaving the charger plugged into the
power socket can cause a fire.

Using a flash too close to a person’s
or animal’s eyes may temporarily
affect the eyesight.

Take particular care when taking pictures
of children or animals.

When an xD-Picture Card is
removed, the card could come out of
the slot too quickly. Use your finger
to hold it and gently release the card.

Request regular internal testing and
cleaning for your camera.

Build-up of dust in your camera can
cause a fire or electric shock.

h Contact your FUJIFILM dealer to

request internal cleaning every 2 years.
Please note this is not a free of charge
service.

Do not heat, change or take apart the
batteries.
Do not drop or subject the batteries
to impacts.
Do not attempt to recharge lithium or
alkaline batteries.
Do not store the batteries with
metallic products.
Do not use chargers other than the
specified model to charge the
batteries.

Any of these actions can cause the
batteries to burst or leak and cause fire
or injury as a result.

Use only the batteries or AC power
adapters specified for use with this
camera.
Do not use voltages other than the
power supply voltage shown.

The use of other power sources can
cause a fire.

If the battery leaks and fluid gets in
contact with your eyes, skin or
clothing. Flush the affected area with
clean water and seek medical
attention or call emergency number
right away.

Do not use the charger to charge
batteries other than those specified
here.

The charger is designed for Fujifilm HR­AA Ni-MH batteries. Using the charger
to charge conventional batteries or
other types of rechargeable batteries
can cause the battery to leak fluid,
overheat or burst.

When discarding or storing batteries,
cover the battery terminals with
insulation tape.

h Contact with other metallic objects or

batteries could cause the batteries to
ignite or burst.

Keep xD-Picture Cards out of the
reach of small children.

Because xD-Picture Cards are small,
they can be swallowed by children. Be
sure to store xD-Picture Cards out of
the reach of small children. If a child
swallows an xD-Picture Card, seek
medical attention or call emergency
number.

WARNING

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Memo

99

Memo

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